Heat and Melting
Most recent answer: 10/27/2009
Q:
Is melting an endothermic or exothermic reaction?
- cristina (age 13)
wayne,nj usa
- cristina (age 13)
wayne,nj usa
A:
Any melting you are familiar with (of ice, for example) soaks up heat. That's what's called endothermic.
In principle, it's possible to have an exothermic melting, in which heating a liquid freezes it. The only real-world example of which I'm aware is helium-3 at very low temperatures.
Mike W.
In principle, it's possible to have an exothermic melting, in which heating a liquid freezes it. The only real-world example of which I'm aware is helium-3 at very low temperatures.
Mike W.
(published on 10/27/2009)