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A bowl of melted butter is allowed to stand until it solidifies at room temperature. Which of the following is true of this process? Answer choices: The butter undergoes a chemical change as it solidifies. The process does not obey the law of conservation of energy. The process has heat flow to the surroundings. The process is endothermic.

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The process has heat flow to the surroundings.

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Note that all phase changes are accompanied by changes in the energy of a system. Changes from a more-ordered state to a less-ordered state (such as a liquid to a gas) are endothermic. Changes from a less-ordered state to a more-ordered state (such as a liquid to a solid) are always exothermic.

A melted butter is in liquid phase and is allowed until it changes to solid at room temperature, this change is exothermic and exothermic process is accompanied by releasing heat to the surroundings.

Hence, the only process in the options that is true is:

The process has heat flow to the surroundings.

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