Sentence examples for fusible metal from inspiring English sources

A fuse commonly consists of a current-conducting strip or wire of easily fusible metal that melts, and thus interrupts the circuit of which it is a part, whenever that circuit is made to carry a current larger than that for which it is intended.

Cylindrical fuses consist of a ribbon of fusible metal enclosed in a ceramic or fiber cylinder.

The term fusible metals, or fusible alloys, denotes a group of alloys that have melting points below that of tin (232° C, 449° F).

Fusible alloy systems that melt at price temperatures also can be produced.

The cartridge fuse, a type of fuse widely used in industry where high currents are involved, has a fusible element connected between metal terminals at either end of a cylindrical insulating tube.

The head is opened to spray water by a fusible link made of metal that melts at a fairly low temperature when the air surrounding it is heated by a fire.

A fusible plug is a threaded metal cylinder usually of bronze, brass or gunmetal, with a tapered hole drilled completely through its length.

An inner end of the platinum wire was connected to a copper wire, placed inside the capillary, using fusible Wood's alloy.

Ancient conceptions of metals as solid, fusible and malleable substances can be found in Plato's Timaeus (c. 360 BCE) and Aristotle's Meteorology.

Minor amounts of bismuth metal were consumed in fusible alloys for fire sprinkler systems and fuse wire.

The major commercial applications of tin are in tinplate, solder alloys, bearing metals, tin and alloy coatings (both plated and hot-coated), pewter, bronzes, and fusible alloys.