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refractory metals

refractory metals is the plural of refractory metal.

Meaning of refractory metal

Noun

refractory metal (plural refractory metals)

  1. A metal, such as molybdenum or tungsten, with a high refraction, and hence a high melting point.
    • Miracle is concentrating on a cluster of elements in the centre of the periodic table known as the refractory metals. These elements, including molybdenum and niobium, have unusually high melting points around 2500°C, compared with 1455°C for nickel, on which jet engine alloys are now based.[…]So...2016 October 15, James Mitchell Crow, “Forging Ahead”, in New Scientist, number 3095, page 37

Questions about refractory metals

What is refractory metals the plural of?
Refractory metals is the plural of refractory metal.

Words near refractory metals in the dictionary

  1. refractority
  2. refractors
  3. refractory
  4. refractory anaemia with excess blasts
  5. refractory metal
  6. refractory metals
  7. refractory period
  8. refractory periods
  9. refractory rhyme
  10. refractory rhymes
  11. refracts

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