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when a solid is splits into a definite temperature to form a solid and liquid but the formed solid composition is different from the earlier one. They have different melting points.

Eg: Orthoclase at 1700c breaks up into leucite and liquid

Clinoenstatite breaks up into olivine and liquid

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A point on a temperature composition plot of a nonstoichiometric compound at which the one solid phase and one liquid phase are adjacent.

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Q: What is the incongruent melting point?
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