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Cooling curve

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Reading Heating and Cooling Curves

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Heating Curve and Cooling Curve of Water - Enthalpy of Fusion & Vaporization

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2.5 Heating/Cooling Curves (Potential and Kinetic Energy Changes)

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How to Read a Cooling Curve

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Heating Curves and Cooling Curves

A cooling curve is a line graph that represents the change of phase of matter, typically from a gas to a solid or a liquid to a solid. The independent variable (X-axis) is time and the dependent variable (Y-axis) is temperature. Below is an example of a cooling curve used in castings.
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