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 low heat of vaporization of water allows animals to cool themselves by sweating.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Water’s hydrogen bonds also contribute to its high heat capacity and high heat of vaporization, resulting in greater temperature stability.
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Third, the high heat of vaporization of water allows animals to cool themselves by sweating.
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Because of its hydrogen bonds, water also has a high heat of vaporization.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
Inasmuch as all of our records are in kilo-calories, we multiply the weight of water by the factor 0.586 to obtain the heat of vaporization.
From Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man by Francis Gano Benedict
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