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Answer for the clue "A mixture of substances having a minimum melting point ", 8 letters:
eutectic

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eutectic \eutectic\ ([=u]*t[e^]k"t[i^]k), n. a mixture of substances having a composition providing the minimum melting point ofr mixtures of those substances. Called also a eutectic mixture. Syn: eutectic mixture. [WordNet 1.5] ||

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n. a mixture of substances having a minimum melting point

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Describing the chemical composition or temperature of a mixture of substances that gives the lowest temperature at which the mixture becomes fully molten. A further requirement is that that temperature is lower than the melting point of any of the ...

Usage examples of eutectic.

Rubber Bible to hand as the fearless author juggles with triple points or the properties of ammonial ice eutectics.

Oh, there was a good deal of natural alloying, with a lot of eutectic alloys present, alloys with particularly low melting points.