cold welding

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noun
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  • A phenomenon where in a vacuum, two clean oxide-less uncoated metal surfaces will fuse/weld/merge together when they come into contact with each other, without any other action required (without fusion heating)

Etymology

Compound from English cold (adjective) + English welding.

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welding

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