Which outcome results when rapid heating causes a solid's temperature to rise above the melting point without uniform liquid formation?

💡 Explanation

Superheating occurs because the fusion process requires nucleation sites; therefore, the temperature rises above the equilibrium melting point before the phase transition if nucleation is insufficient rather than immediate melting or sublimation.

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