heat of fusion(n = noun.phenomenon) - heat absorbed by a unit mass of a solid at its melting point in order to convert the solid into a liquid at the same temperature; "the heat of fusion is equal to the heat of solidification"
is a kind of heat of transformation, latent heat

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