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OpenStudy (anonymous):

The flat part of a heating curve indicates?

OpenStudy (abb0t):

i think melting or boiling...

OpenStudy (abb0t):

it basically means phase change. the slope is the heat capacity, in that phase.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so would it be the gaseous state??

OpenStudy (abb0t):

well, if it is boiling, per say if we were talking about water, then yes. It would be going from liquid \(\rightarrow\) gas

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