Latent Heat of Fusion Question?

Question

My worksheet says that when a solid is at it's melting point "the heat supplied here is used to overcome the attractive forces that hold the particles in fixed positions."

Is this the reason why the temperature remains the same, despite the heat?

Also, is it correct to say that the temperature remains the same "despite the heat that is accumulating"?

What would be a better way of phrasing this?

Answer 1

search for it in yahoo answers. this should be in physics section

Answer 2

ye

Answer 3

Hi,

Yes, the temperature remains the same despite the heat is accumulating into the system. This happens because low energy solid molecules are now converting to high energy liquid molecules. So the energy supplied in the form of heat is accumulated to the molecules in such a way that their kinetic energy is increased and not the temperature.

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Answer 4

"the heat supplied here is used to overcome the attractive forces that hold the particles in fixed positions."

would be the better way of putting it across.