Which outcome occurs to a solid when boundary work induces isothermal melting?

💡 Explanation

Melting increases microstate freedom, because energy input drives a phase transition involving higher entropy, therefore structural order decreases, rather than remaining constant in solids under varied temperature or transitioning through fusion/equilibrium phases.

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