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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Water’s hydrogen bonds also contribute to its high heat capacity and high heat of vaporization, resulting in greater temperature stability.
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
Take, for example, the fact that, at body temperature, perspiration from the skin requires a heat input of 2428 kJ/kg, which is about 10 percent higher than the latent heat of vaporization at 100ºC .
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Very careful experiments show the exact heat of vaporization to be 536.1 calories.
From General Science by Clark, Bertha M.
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