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When a solid melts, its temperature remains the same, so where does the heat energy go?

The temperature of the system does not change after the melting point is reached, till all the ice melts.This happens even though we continue to heat the beaker, that is, we continue to supply heat. This heat gets used up in changing the state by overcoming the forces of attraction between the particles. As this …

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