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Incongruent melting

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uniformly, so that the chemical composition of neither the resulting liquid nor the resulting solid is the same as that of the original solid. For example, melting of
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when melting at low pressure. Enstatite melts congruently at higher pressures between 2.5 and 5.5
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partially melted
melt
orthoclase
leucite
silica
feldspar
enstatite
forsterite
kilobars
Congruent melting
Incongruent transition
Phase diagram
Incongruent melting
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petrology
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expanding it
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Materials science
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