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On decreasing temperature, a liquid turns into solid. This is:

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condensation
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melting
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freezing
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sublimation
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Solution

The correct option is C freezing
On decreasing temperature, a liquid turns in to solid, this process is called Freezing. Freezing or solidification is a phase transition state.
Most liquids freeze by crystallization. formation of crystalline solid from the uniform liquid. this is a first-order thermodynamic phase transition i.e as long as solid and liquid coexist the temperature of the whole system remains very nearly equal to the melting point due to slow removal of heat when in contact with the air, which is a poor heat conductor.

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