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What happens to the kinetic energy of its molecules as ice melts into water?
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What happens to the kinetic energy of its molecules as ice melts into water?

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As ice melts into water, kinetic energy is being added to the particles. This causes them to be 'excited' and they break the bonds that hold them together as a solid, resulting in a change of state: solid -> liquid.
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