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Water usually melts and freezes at 32Â°F (0Â°C) and boils at 212Â°F (100Â°C). The familiarity of water may make the melting points of other substances extreme by comparison. For example, the temperature at which carbon melts is 6,422Â°F (3,550Â°C), while mercury melts at -37.97Â°F (-38.87Â°C).
Zero degrees Celsius is the freezing point for water, but the fact is that water can remain a stable liquid at zero degrees C. Zero degrees C i â¦ s also the melting point of ice, but you can have ice that remains stable at zero degrees C as well. The difference is the 'heat of fusion'.