physical chemistry - During phase change in matter, why doesn't the temperature change?

I was working on something in school and came across the question:

Why does the temperature not change much during a phase change?

I'm really not sure why this happens in matter and I couldn't find an answer in my school resources. Does anyone here know?

Answer

From Changes of Phase (or State):

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So, how could there be a change in heat during a state change without a change in temperature?

"During a change in state the heat energy is used to change the bonding between the molecules. In the case of melting, added energy is used to break the bonds between the molecules. In the case of freezing, energy is subtracted as the molecules bond to one another. These energy exchanges are not changes in kinetic energy. They are changes in bonding energy between the molecules.

"If heat is coming into a substance during a phase change, then this energy is used to break the bonds between the molecules of the substance. The example we will use here is ice melting into water. Immediately after the molecular bonds in the ice are broken the molecules are moving (vibrating) at the same average speed as before, so their average kinetic energy remains the same, and, thus, their Kelvin temperature remains the same."