Low-melting-point metal
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- Metal alloys for jewelry, prototyping, thermal fuses, etc.
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Melting point below 25 °F
- Remains liquid in domestic food freezer
Melting point below 60 °F
- Liquid or gas at ‘normal room temperatures’
Melting point below 98 °F / 36 °C
- Melts in mouth or hand
Melting point below 212 °F / 100 °C
- Can melt in hot / boiling water
- Field's metal
- 144 °F melting point
- 32.5% Bismuth, 51% Indium, 16.5% Tin
- Wood's metal
- 158 °F melting point
- Bismuth, Cadmium, Lead and Tin Alloy
- 203F metal alloy
- 203 °F melting point
- 52.5% Bismuth, 32% Lead, and 15.5% Tin
Melting point above 212 °F / 100 °C
- For jewelry, soldering, brazing, etc.; can withstand boiling water
- Pure Bismuth
- 520.6 °F melting point
Melting point above 525 °F / 273 °C
- (i.e. not easily meltable in a domestic cooking oven)
- Pure Aluminum
- 660°C (1220°F)
- Brass
- 930°C (1710°F)
- Pure Silver
- 961°C (1762°F)
- Aluminum Bronze*
- 1027-1038°C (1881-1900°F)
- Gold
- 1063°C (1945°F) (1064C?)
- Copper
- 1084°C (1983°F)
- Cast Iron
- 1204°C (2200°F)
- Stainless Steel*
- 1375 – 1530°C (2500-2785°F)
- Inconel*
- 1390-1425°C (2540-2600°F)
- Carbon Steel*
- 1425-1540°C (2597-2800°F)
- Pure Nickel
- 1453°C (2647°F)
Melting point above either 3,000 °F or 1,500 °C
- Pure Palladium
- 1,554.9°C
- Pure Titanium
- 1,670°C (3038°F)
- Pure Platinum
- 1,770°C (3218°F) (1768C?)
- Pure Chromium
- 1,860°C (3380°F)
- Pure Rhodium
- 1,964°C
- Pure Iridium
- 2,226°C
Melting point above either 4,500 °F or 2,500 °C
- Pure Molybdenum
- 2620°C (4748°F)
- Pure Tungsten
- 3400°C (6152°F)
Not listed
Fuel temperatures
- Wood
- Charcoal (commercial)
- Propane
- Melting: -306F; Boiling: -44F; Ignition: ?; Burning: ?
- Natural gas
- 930F? ignition
- Petrol
- Diesel fuel
- Wax candle
- Oxy-acetylene