molten

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Natural gas is used by glass manufacturers to run their furnaces, which melt sand, soda ash, limestone and recycled glass into molten glass blobs which are then shaped into bottles.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

One explanation is a balance between the planet's molten interior and its atmosphere.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

A molten surface ocean could move some heat, but without an atmosphere, the nightside would likely remain solid, limiting heat transfer.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

Extreme ultraviolet lithography machines, as they are known, shoot lasers into molten tin to create EUV light, which doesn’t exist naturally on earth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

It was only a matter of time before the molten corium would eat through the reactor vessel and fall to the floor of the concrete containment chamber.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland