While determining the melting point of ice, the thermometer is immersed in the beaker containing crushed ice. When heating the beaker on a low flame, what would happen to the temperature?

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While determining the melting point of ice, the thermometer is immersed in the beaker containing crushed ice. When heating the beaker at a low flame, the temperature of the ice remains constant.
When the beaker containing crushed ice is heated, while determining the melting point of ice, the temperature remains constant because the heat that is given to the ice is utilized for changing the solid ice into liquid.
The heat absorbed by the solid ice is used for breaking the intermolecular force among the particles and not for increasing the temperature of the ice.

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