heat of vaporization
Americannoun
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The amount of heat required to convert a liquid into a gas at constant temperature and pressure. A gas releases the same amount of heat when it becomes liquid.
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Compare heat of fusion
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Third, the high heat of vaporization of water allows animals to cool themselves by sweating.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Water also exhibits a high heat of vaporization, which is key to how organisms cool themselves by the evaporation of sweat.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Water is used as the working fluid because of its large heat capacity and heat of vaporization.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Because of its hydrogen bonds, water also has a high heat of vaporization.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
The amount of heat required to effect the change from the liquid to the vaporous state, commonly called the latent heat of vaporization.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 by Various
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