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As previously reported, the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius released thermal energy roughly equivalent to 100,000 times the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II, spewing molten rock, pumice, and hot ash over the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in particular.
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Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2025
Makky would make at least ten molds off the Steinbeck plaque, then cook them in a kiln at a thousand degrees, pour in molten nickel bronze, break the molds off, and water down the sand for reuse.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Scientists do believe the Moon had a magnetic field billions of years ago that was roughly comparable in strength to Earth’s, generated by a now-extinct molten core dynamo.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2025
At the other end of the spectrum, molten rock is out because the tremendous heat required to keep rock liquid also breaks down nearly all organic molecules.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2025
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Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2025
Makky would make at least ten molds off the Steinbeck plaque, then cook them in a kiln at a thousand degrees, pour in molten nickel bronze, break the molds off, and water down the sand for reuse.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Scientists do believe the Moon had a magnetic field billions of years ago that was roughly comparable in strength to Earth’s, generated by a now-extinct molten core dynamo.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2025
At the other end of the spectrum, molten rock is out because the tremendous heat required to keep rock liquid also breaks down nearly all organic molecules.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Molten.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/molten. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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molten
adjective
mol·ten
ˈmōlt-ᵊn 
: melted especially by very great heat
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