The outer layers of ice were allowed to melt before the residual ice was melted through a Whatman 542 filter paper (pore size 2.7 μm; pre-washed with sample) to collect the sediment.
That said, if a laser takes even a few seconds to melt through the side of a flying thing, it's not going to work very well because your target would need to be super cooperative and not do anything like roll over, jiggle, or otherwise try to stop getting melted by your laser.
They are so powerful that if one were to ignite accidentally — which, according to Mr. Dye, was possible — it could set off nearby ordnance, burn a hole in the hull of a warship or melt through the skin of an airplane high in the sky, according to his lawyers.
Hot wire cutters, which are available at home improvement or craft stores, melt through the foam with a heated wire, creating a smooth edge.
He remembers blowing on a five-kopeck piece and holding it to his frost-covered window where it would melt through the frost giving him a view of the world.
Another proposal put forward in 2001 calls for a large nuclear-powered "melt probe" (cryobot) that would melt through the ice until it reached an ocean below.
If a lot of fission occurs, which may happen only in an extreme case, the uranium would melt through anything underneath it.
Fuel that had already melted into a heap at the bottom of the reactor could melt through the steel pressure vessel and react with the concrete below, releasing vapors carrying highly radioactive materials such as strontium and technetium.
Spoon into a bowl, chop up the butter, then leave this to melt through the chocolate.
