When phase changes happen, why do the plateaus of temperature show?
When phase changes happen, why do the plateaus of temperature show?
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You will be seeing these temperature plateaus appearing on the heating curve at the main melting and boiling points. The reason for that is the energy reaches latent heat. And we know that latent heat is the energy that lets phase transitions occur without increasing the temperature.
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