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Why does heat change phases?

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11y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Adding heat to a material changes the phase of that material because adding heat increases the speed at which the molecules move.

For example, ice at -20C has water molecules that vibrate in place. As you add heat to the ice, the molecules vibrate faster and faster until at 0C they are moving fast enough to start sliding past each other and become a liquid. As you add heat to the water, the molecules move faster and faster until at 100C they are moving fast enough to start flying away from each other and become a gas.

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