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Does the temperature increase during melting?
Explain why


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Answer:

Melting is the process where the atoms of a rigid solid Crystal lattice held by strong bonds, are broken down which increases the degree of locomotion of these atoms which characterises the liquid state.

The energy that breaks these bonds is heat energy ( latent heat of fusion ), hence temperature increases