At a particular temperature and atmospheric pressure, the solid and liquid phases of a pure substance can exist in Equilibrium. Which of the following term defines this temperature?

• There is evidence which shows that ice and water which are the solid and liquid phases of the same substance can establish a dynamic Equilibrium between them only when a particular pressure and temperature arrives.


• Therefore, for any pure substance at atmospheric pressure, the temperature at which the solid and liquid phases are at Equilibrium can be called the normal melting point or freezing point of the substance as the two temperatures are the equivalent.

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