Determine the melting temperature of a substance f...

Created on: December 12, 2025

Answered using GPT-5.1 Thinking by Chat01

Question

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Determine the melting temperature of a substance from the diagram shown below. The unit of the x-axis is Kelvin.

Thought

Reassessing phase lines and slopes

The red vertical-ish lines seem to represent the G-axis arrow and axes at 89 and near 90. So, the slopes of 70-80 are closer to vertical lines, not phase lines like I originally thought. The only real diagonal line of interest appears to be moderate-slope, possibly representing one phase. There might be another faint diagonal line, but it’s hard to pinpoint due to its subtlety. For two-phase diagrams, I'd expect a line with a cusp or intersection — this scribble may show a piecewise line, though I only see one apparent line.

Thought for 7m 43s

Answer

The melting temperature is 90 K – it’s the temperature where the Gibbs free energy lines of the solid and liquid intersect.

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