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GCSE Chemistry · key term
A temperature at which a material becomes less rigid and more easily deformed; this does not necessarily mean that it melts.
Used by OCR
Paper 1 (Foundation), Paper 2 (Foundation), Paper 3 (Higher), Paper 4 (Higher)
Revise: Comparing material propertiesA softening temperature describes a loss of rigidity: the material becomes easier to deform, but has not necessarily become a liquid.
Read headings and footnotes: a temperature may be a softening temperature rather than a melting point.
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