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What is the temperature at which a solid freezes called?

Answer 1

Its #"melting point"# or #"fusion point..."#

Additionally, a substance goes through a transition when it melts.

#"solid "rarr" liquid"#

All pure substances have melting points, and in organic chemistry, determining the melting points of an unknown and a number of its derivatives is still the most reliable method of identifying a compound.

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Answer 2

Kai Bowman

The temperature at which a solid freezes is called its freezing point.

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Answer 3

Avery Adams

The temperature at which a solid freezes is called the freezing point.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.