Melt-back
A lyophilisation failure in which the cake structure is entirely lost, leaving a powder or glassy residue. Expect high residual moisture.
Related terms
- Lyophilisation
- Freeze-drying: freezing the solution then subliming the ice under vacuum. Cake structure and residual moisture are the observable outputs.
see also Collapse temperature · Residual moisture
Where this term appears
The glossary exists to make record pages readable without a chemistry degree. Every technical term on a report resolves here.
- Assay report records — the term appears in result tables, peak tables and provenance blocks
- Method references — where the measurement behind the term is defined
- All 16 glossary terms beginning with M