What's the difference between molten and scum?

Molten


Definition:

  • (p. p.) of Melt
  • (a.) Melted; being in a state of fusion, esp. when the liquid state is produced by a high degree of heat; as, molten iron.
  • (a.) Made by melting and casting the substance or metal of which the thing is formed; as, a molten image.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In this study of ten consecutive patients sustaining molten metal injuries to the lower extremity who were treated with excision and grafting, treatment with compression Unna paste boot was compared with that with conventional dressing.
  • (2) These flaws were controlled by cooling the metal mold assembly and the cast immediately after the pouring of the molten cerrobend alloy, evenly with water.
  • (3) Multiparametric kinetic study of bovine alpha-lactalbumin renaturation from the unfolded state has shown the existence of an intermediate which is formed within 10(-2) s with properties close to those of the molten globule.
  • (4) Bacteriocin producer strains were grown (37degrees C) anaerobically on brain heart infusion-yeast extract agar for 18 h. Bacteriocin indicator strains were suspended to molten brain heart infusion-yeast extract agar and then overlayed onto the producer strain.
  • (5) The changes of T1 and T2 were treated based on the assumption of two types of molecular motions: (1) isotropic "slow" motions with times approximately greater than 10(-8) s (including the rotation of a molecule as a whole) and (2) anisotropic "fast" motions with times approximately less than 10(-10) s. Experimental data show an essential increase of the scale of intramolecular mobility for the majority of side groups upon transition of the protein from the native to the molten globule state.
  • (6) Disks cut from each device were attached to the sawed-off ends of 10 ml syringes and dipped in a beaker containing either butoconazole nitrate cream or a molten wax insert.
  • (7) This model predicted that PEG enhanced refolding of CAB occurred by a specific interaction of PEG with the molten globule first intermediate to form a nonassociating complex which continued to fold at the same rate as the first intermediate.
  • (8) The following regimes are outlined: 1. the "wet" molten globule, i.e., the compact state with pores occupied by solvent; 2. the swollen globule ("wet," of course); and 3. the coil.
  • (9) The theory also predicts two populations of denatured species, one open and the other more compact, with densities in the range found experimentally for molten globular states.
  • (10) The model implies that protein folds by stage mechanism (secondary structure - molten) globule state - native state) in such a way that the results of previous stages are not reconsidered in subsequent ones.
  • (11) The molten globule has been assumed to be a major intermediate state of protein folding.
  • (12) We have, using fluorescence and fluorescence quenching, studied the molten globule state of bovine alpha-lactalbumin.
  • (13) The machine can make decimal dilutions of bacterial suspensions, dispense measured amounts into petri dishes, add molten agar, mix the dish contents, and label the dishes with sample and dilution numbers at the rate of 2,000 dishes per 8-hr day.
  • (14) These results are discussed in view of the molten globule structure of proteins.
  • (15) More challenging by far will be digging out the molten cores in the reactors themselves.
  • (16) When the molten surface of the earth solidified over 4 X 10(9) years ago the quantity of phosphorus to be contained in the storehouse of the new planet had already been resolved.
  • (17) The source of contamination was sought and it was found that the stone of the mill had been repaired with molten lead on the same day that the wheat of the family had been ground; while grinding the wheat some lead was mixed into the flour.
  • (18) This alternatively folded state exhibits certain characteristics of the molten globule but differs distinctly from it by its extraordinary structural stability that is characteristic for native protein structures.
  • (19) Molten metal burns of the feet remain a common injury to foundry workers.
  • (20) Updated at 8.09pm GMT 8.06pm GMT Falcons 20 - Seahawks 7, 2:20 3rd quarter Gonzalez is a hill of molten lava - get off him!

Scum


Definition:

  • (v.) The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the surface of liquids in boiling or fermentation, or which form on the surface by other means; also, the scoria of metals in a molten state; dross.
  • (v.) refuse; recrement; anything vile or worthless.
  • (v. t.) To take the scum from; to clear off the impure matter from the surface of; to skim.
  • (v. t.) To sweep or range over the surface of.
  • (v. i.) To form a scum; to become covered with scum. Also used figuratively.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There, they learn that African Americans are the scum of the earth - then they are sent here.'
  • (2) The future is defined by the same old atavistic carnage as ever – which is, as Rosenbaum says, “an ingenious form of doublethink echoed in the very premise of a fantasy of the future beginning with “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away ...” Star Wars cast feel the Force after watching new trailer Read more I don’t hate Star Wars – I love the puppetry, just for starters, and all those beautifully dirty, scum-caked robots.
  • (3) I mean, these people have been described as evil, as scum of the earth, and if we’re paying them, bribing them, to turn back the boats, I mean that’s almost a crime.” Abbott: “Well Neil, the important thing is to stop the boats, that’s the important thing, and I think the Australian people are extremely pleased that that’s what happened.
  • (4) Though waterbirds, including moorhens and gulls, live on the margins, and a thin scum of litter is visible at the shore, the reservoir is not intended as a home to wildlife, and any fish living here are accidental visitors.
  • (5) Anyone who doubts or questions … will be relentlessly pursued by denouncers – “disgusting” is a modest term to describe this scum.
  • (6) Other Greeks with similar experiences said the far-rightists, catapulted into parliament on a ticket of tackling "immigrant scum" were simply doing the job of a defunct state that had left a growing number feeling overwhelmed by a "sense of powerlessness".
  • (7) The debate was interrupted after 20 minutes when about 30 student demonstrators walked into the hall and began to barrack Hunt, chanting "Minister of culture, Tory vulture" and "Tory scum".
  • (8) She was in my face saying, ‘You’re scum, you’re scum.’” That’s not accepted by Jordan.
  • (9) Liz Kendall, the former leadership contender, received a tweet calling for “a final solution to purge Blairite scum” like her from the party.
  • (10) The chants so far are the same as those at Millbank, and cries of "Tory scum" echo around the campus.
  • (11) When asked about Eddie Obeid's comments directed at her over the years, which included the allegations she had been " mixing with scum for so long that she no longer knows who is good and who is bad , what is real and what is made up," she said " It's not very nice, is it? "
  • (12) In the opening round of the tournament he shouted “dirty scum” during the third set of a comfortable victory over Diego Schwartzman.
  • (13) Half the class believed they represented “elitist scum”, but other prisoners defended their purpose, saying although they couldn’t attend one themselves, they now put their own children through private education.
  • (14) Liz Kendall, the former leadership contender, who is still undecided, received a tweet calling for “a final solution to purge Blairite scum” like her from the party.
  • (15) There were accusations of sexism when he gave a female candidate on The Apprentice the third degree about how she intended to organise her childcare and he prompted more outrage with an attack on professional footballers, which he described as "he biggest scum that walk on this planet".
  • (16) I will do everything it takes until we win full victory to free Ukraine from this scum, from this corrupt dirt which is capitalising on the blood of our soldiers and the victims of Maidan, and which has betrayed the ideas of the Ukrainian revolution,” said Saakashvili.
  • (17) Richard Davenport-Hines in his recently published An English Affair: Sex, Class and Power in the Age of Profumo writes that 1963 was the year when "the soapy scum flowed after the sluices of self-righteous scurrility were opened".
  • (18) We were just scared.” Witness reports describe protesters throwing snowballs at the bus and shouting “Let’s see what kind of vermin will get off here” and “asylum scum”.
  • (19) I'm just an ordinary person, I'm not scum, I'm not a thief or a junkie, but when you are desperate you end up resorting to desperate means.
  • (20) I salute them for that.” Class War, originally an eponymous newspaper as well as a movement, somewhat fizzled out during the 1990s but has been recently revived, standing six candidates in this year’s general election under the slogan: “Because all the other candidates are scum.” Class War is organising a protest this Sunday at a museum originally billed as celebrating the role of women in London but which ended up focusing on the crimes of Jack the Ripper .