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So lets just say that solid water (ice) is below its freezing point or melting point, which are the same exact things. For the sake of SI units I'm going to use Celsius. So for example, you take an ice cube from your freezer with an initial temperature of -5 degrees Celsius, below the melting point of water, so it is obviously solid. The ice warms up by taking energy from the warmer air around it. When the ice reaches it's melting point, 0 degrees Celsius, it stays at that temperature until all of it has entirely turned to liquid water at 0 degrees Celsius. This is because all the energy is being used into disorganizing the water structure from a solid state to a liquid state. Then the water at 0 degrees Celsius can continue warming up to room temperature where it is in thermal equilibrium with the room.

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