heat of vaporization
Ice cream melting (or pretty much anything melting) is an endothermic process in that it requires the absorption of heat energy in order to occur. An example of an exothermic process is the burning of paper which gives off heat energy.
Bromine, as many other materials gets a higher melting point when pressure is low [less energy is needed to set molecules free] and lower melting point when pressure is high [more energy needed].
The energy must be applied to the phase change before it can heat the substance
Particles absorb energy when boiling (vapourising), melting and subliming. Particles release energy when freezing and condensing.
The thermal energy decreases as the vapor condenses.
Energy is required in the melting process because high is needed to melt something
yes. It takes energy to raise the temperature of the solid to the melting point.
Melting is a change of state of a substance caused by an increase in thermal energy, so heat is required to melt a substance.
A melting point is a periodic property. Melting point is basically the amount of energy required to break chemical bonds. The more energy required, the stronger the bonds and the higher the melting point. For example, Since Ionic bonds have a transfer of electrons, it requires a lot of energy to break the bonds and has a higher melting point.
heat of fusion
Well...kinetic energy is involved with melting
You can easily un-melt it, i.e., wait for it to cool down and get hard again. However, the energy required for melting can't be recovered (useful energy gets converted into unusable energy), so in that sense, this process (and most processes in nature) are irreversible.
Melting requires energy input or absorption because liquid water has more energy than solid water.
Yes, it does to change state
the melting of ice
solidifying or freezing, releasing energy to the environment.
energy is required