Why does melting point decrease in a vacuum?

Subject: Why does melting point decrease in a vacuum?

Date: Wed Jan 15 07:57:51 2003
Posted by Alison Jones
Grade level: undergrad School: University of York
City: York State/Province: No state entered. Country: England
Area of science: Physics
ID: 1042635471.Ph

Message:


I am currently doing a research project that involves heating compounds under a 
vacuum and need to understand why the melting point decreases in a vacuum, and 
is it possible to predict the melting point without the use of a phase diagram?

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