Physics 101

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The different states of matter

Fig. 18 source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Phase_change_-_en.svg

It would be nice if things where that easy, but in reality the phase diagram of water looks a bit more like that:

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Enthalpy

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Fig. 19 source: https://www.chemistrylearner.com/enthalpy.html

Enthalpy is a variable related to energy of a thermodynamical system.

Amorphous ice behaviour in the sub-monolayer regime

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