Which property change results when a nonpolar molecular substance transitions from solid to liquid phase?

💡 Explanation

When a solid transitions to liquid, increased thermal energy causes greater molecular motion leading to an increase in translational kinetic energy because the average speed of the molecules increases. Therefore an translational kinetic energy increases, rather than bond changes or decreases in intermolecular forces, because nonpolar substances lack hydrogen bonding.

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