Question

when water is heated, the temperature eventually reaches a constant value and forms a plateau on the graph. What does the plateau indicate?

Answer 1

It indicates a phase change that the water is boiling. Water can't get any hotter than 100 degrees Celsius at STP (Standard Temperature and Pressure), after that it becomes steam, that's what I think

Answer 2

It mean the steam is going to form from the water that is heated as the particles escape due to energy

Step-by-step explanation:

• The plateau of the graph tends to rise from -20 to 140 degrees as the ice phase i.e is a solid phase to water liquid phase i.e up to 60 degrees and then it starts to go into the atmosphere in the form of gas and this ina stream from due to the changes in temperature with time being constant.

• The amount of energy needed to raise one gram of water to this state is called a joule as it has a calorific value. Gas can be further ionized and deionized to from plasma.

• Thus plateau indicates a release of latent heat and further addition of values that forms this plateau.