See:melilite
A tetragonal mineral, Al2 [C6 (COO)6 ].16H2 O;
resinous; honey yellow; forms nodules in brown coal. Also spelled
melinite, mellilite. (Not melite.) Syn:honey stone
A silicate of ferric iron, calcium, etc., approaching garnet in
composition, but with optical properties similar to those of an
orthorhombic pyroxene. Formed by the action of basic slag on silica brick
in a steel furnace. Spencer, 2; AGI
See:gedanite
a. A trigonal mineral, NiTe2 ; forms a series with merenskyite;
one perfect cleavage; metallic reddish white; soft; sp gr, 7.3.
b. The mineral group berndtite, kitkaite, melonite, merenskyite, and
moncheite. Syn:tellurnickel
A dark-colored plutonic rock that is part of the ijolite series and
contains nepheline and 60% to 90% mafic minerals, esp. green pyroxene. The
name is from Melteig farm, Fen complex, Norway. AGI
The opening in the floor to a furnace in a melting house.
Mersereau, 2
The building in which crucible furnaces for steel making are located.
Mersereau, 2
That temperature at which a single, pure solid changes phase to a liquid
or to a liquid plus another solid phase, upon the addition of heat at a
specific pressure. Unless otherwise specified, melting points are usually
stated in terms of 1 kPa. The term can also be used for the isothermal
melting of certain mixtures, such as eutectic mixtures. Erroneously used
also to refer to the temperature at which some appreciable but unspecified
amount of liquid develops in a complex solid mixture that possesses a
melting range; e.g., the melting point of granite. Abbrev.: mp or MP.
AGI
A crucible. Standard, 2
Open-hearth plant. Newton, 1
The hottest part of a furnace, where melting takes place.
Mersereau, 2
A division of a formation, generally of distinct lithologic character and
of only local extent.
An advanced theory of design for thin shells, based on the premise that a
shell cannot resist bending because it deflects. The only stresses that
exist, therefore, in any section are shear stress and direct compression
or tension. Hammond
a. A variety of ilmenite found as sand at Menaccan, Cornwall, Eng.
b. A black, magnetic sand from Cornwall, England, from which the element,
titanium, was first isolated. Also spelled menachanite; manaccanite;
menachite. Hess
Eng. To load, or reload, trams at the gate ends out of smaller trams used
only in the working faces of thin seams.
An orthorhombic mineral, Pb3 Cl2 O2 ; white; in the
Mendip Hills, United Kingdom.
A monoclinic mineral, NaAl(SO4 )2 .11H2 O .
See also:soda alum
An orthorhombic mineral, Pb13 CuSb7 S24 ; forms
slender prismatic blackish lead-gray crystals.
European stage: Middle Cambrian (above Solvan, below Maentwrogian).
AGI