Why do some substances melt instantly from solid to liquid (like water/ice) and other substances gradually transition (like magma, or metals)?

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How come there is no transition state in between something like ice and water like how there is between stone and lava. Is there actually some sort of viscous, in-between, water/ice that I just don’t know about?

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Other Fun facts about water. Water is non-compressible meaning no matter how much pressure you put on it you can’t significantly decrease it’s volume. It’s one of the few liquids that actually expand when it transitions from solid to liquid. It can also transition from solid to gaseous state without ever going through a liquid state.

Basically… I would never use water as an example of how liquids “should” behave.

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