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liquidus

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liquidus  (lkw-ds)
The minimum temperature at which all components of a mixture (such as an alloy) can be in a liquid state. Below the liquidus the mixture will be partly or entirely solid. See illustration at eutectic. Compare solidus.
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Supersaturation of the volatile phase may occur via rapid crystallization of anhydrous phases in the melt or via rapid decompression of the magma chamber, which increases the liquidus and solidus of a particular melt, and decreases the maximum volatile solubility.
Igneous rock associations 6. modelling of deep submarine pyroclastic ... by Lentz, D.R. / Geoscience Canada
The tensile strengths of groups of irons were compared to the difference between the actual sulfur in the iron and various equilibrium values at each liquidus point.
How do manganese, sulfur levels affect gray iron properties? by Gundlach, Richard B. / Modern Casting
The compositions of coexisting magnetite and ilmenite can be used to estimate liquidus temperatures and oxygen fugacity (Andersen and Lindsley, 1988) of magmas, although subsolidus exsolution produces intergrowths that complicate application of the geothermometer/oxygen barometer in slowly cooled, coarse-grained rocks.
Igneous rock associations 4. Oceanic island volcanism I mineralogy ... by Mallory-Greenough, Leanne M. / Geoscience Canada
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