True or False: when all of the substance has become a liquid, all of the energy it gains is used increase the temperature (before it becomes a gas)

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False. When a substance is in the process of melting into a liquid, any energy it gains goes into the phase change (breaking intermolecular bonds), rather than increasing the temperature. Only after all of the substance has melted and become a liquid does additional energy contribute to increasing the temperature.