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The aim of the present work is to investigate the effect of the phase-lag c
oncept in the wave theory of heat conduction on the thermal behavior of sys
tems that exhibit phase-change processes such as melting and solidification
. The general analysis is carried out and then two examples are given to de
scribe the thermal behavior of systems involving phase-change processes und
er the effect of the hyperbolic heat conduction model. The first example de
scribes the ablation process and the second example describes the solidific
ation of a supercooled liquid confined in a half-space.