surfusev.
/səˈfjuːz/, U.S. /sərˈfjuz/ Metallurgy, Chemistry, and Geology.
1. transitive. To supercool; = superfuse v.2 Now rare, and only as surfused adj.
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1863 Reader 14 Mar. 272/1 If..the mass be suddenly cooled..the carbon is surfused, and communicates this property to the whole mass.
2. intransitive. To undergo superfusion (supercooling). Now rare.
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1898 Proc. Royal Soc. 63 453 If the alloy surfuses, the first point recorded will be the lowest point (176°), followed in turn by the eutectic.
1903 H. M. Howe Iron, Steel, & Other Alloys iii. 57 Assume that in the present surfusion it is simply solution 1 which surfuses; that when the temperature falls to c, the freezing- point of solution 2, this naturally freezes out.
1927 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 115 423 This alloy reached a lower maximum on surfusing than any of the others.
1934 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining & Metall. Engineers 111 186 The copper surfuses more than the oxide.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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