The above curve attempts to demonstrate the addition of 100 calories of heat energy per minute to 1 gram of water.  A thorough class discussion will attempt to identify the amount of time needed for each change to occur.  Knowledge of specific heat capacity, latent heat of fusion and vaporization is needed to determine these values.  An alternative way of looking at similar information is given in the chart below.

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