freezing point: Quick Facts

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Diagram showing the phase changes of matter with three circles labeled solid, liquid, and gas. Arrows indicate transitions: melting and freezing between solid and liquid, evaporation and condensation between liquid and gas, and sublimation and deposition between solid and gas.

Understand sublimation, where a substance changes directly from solid to gas without going through the liquid state of matter

Which has a lower freezing point, salt water or fresh water?

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