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Phase changes absorb or release heat energy.

Condensation (from gas to liquid or gas to solid) releases the most heat. The gas molecule, flying around at the speed of sound, had more energy than when it is condensed in a liquid. That difference in energy is released as heat. That's why a steam burn can be so bad - it is a lot of heat.

Evaporation (liquid to gas) and sublimination (solid to gas like dry ice reating a CO2 fog) absorb heat. That's why sweating cools you. The water absorbs a lot of heat as it evaporates. The energy amounts are equal and opposite of condensation.

Melting (solid to liquid) absorbs heat and freezing releases heat. So your freezer must pump heat out of the ice tray to make ice cubes. Those ice cubes, when in a drink, cool the drink by absorbing heat as they melt.

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