Suppose a new liquid were discovered that is identical to water in every way except that it has a lower latent heat of fusion. Would it take a longer or shorter time to make ice out of this liquid in your freezer?

lesser time

Explanation:

The latent heat of fusion is defined as the amount of heat required to convert 1 gram of water into 1 gram of ice at constant temperature called melting point.

In this situation only the state of matter is changed, the temperature of the substance remains constant.

A liquid has lower latent heat rather than water, it means it requires lesser amount of heat to fuse it , so it requires lesser amount of time to melt the ice made by this liquid.

So, it requires lesser time.

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