Fusion = Melting?

[Amir Bayat]

Is fusion the same as melting? I am confused, are they synonyms of one another or antonyms?

[Brian_Ho_2B]

Yes, fusion is melting.

[Sukanya Mohapatra 2G]

They are synonyms of one another.

[KSong_1J]

Yes fusion is the same as melting; it’s the phase change from a solid to a liquid

[Anushka Chauhan2B]

fusion means melting

[Prasanna Padmanabham 4I]

Yes, fusion does mean melting and enthalpy is positive. For the other way, freezing, change in enthalpy is the same, but you change the sign and it becomes negative.

[WGaines_2E]

Heat of fusion refers to melting or freezing. It is positive when melting and negative when freezing

[Brandi 2C]

I believe fusion is actually a phase change between liquid and solid, which could mean either melting or freezing because those are both phase changes between liquids and solids (melting= solid -> liquid; freezing= liquid -> solid)