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Which phase changes require an increase in energy?

Which phase changes require an increase in energy?-example-1
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Evaporation involves a liquid becoming a gas and sublimation is the change of a solid directly to a gas. Phase changes require either the addition of heat energy (melting, evaporation, and sublimation) or subtraction of heat energy (condensation and freezing).

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