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A cooling curve has two flat lines, or plateaus. What does the plateau at the higher temperature represent?

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Answer: condensation

Explanation: because of condensation is when gas becomes liquid, and is the higher plateaus in the cooling curve

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Answer:

It is in the state of "thermal arrest"

Step-by-step explanation:

The temperature stays constant during the phase change process . This is because the matter has more internal energy and heat has to be taken away for the solidification process to begin. The energy that is required for a phase change is know as latent heat (which is the energy released or absorbed by a body during a thermodynamic process).

A cooling curve has two flat lines, or plateaus. What does the plateau at the higher-example-1
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