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Questions and Problems 22 When water is heated, the temperature eventually reaches a constant value and forms a plateau on the graph. What does the plateau indicate? ​

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It indicates phase changes: melting then later boiling.

Step-by-step explanation:

On the heating curve of water, the plateau marks phase change transitions.The temperature remains constant during this period.The first phase change is melting of water.The second phase change is boiling of water to gas.

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