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What is the purpose of continuing to heat a substance after it reaches a temperature plateau?

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They are changes in bonding energy between the molecules. ... Immediately after the molecular bonds in the ice are broken the molecules are moving (vibrating) at the same average speed as before, so their average kinetic energy remains the same, and, thus, their Kelvin temperature remains the same."
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