Physics GCSE
Energy, mass and specific latent heat relationship
What Energy, mass and specific latent heat relationship means in Physics GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Energy, mass and specific latent heat relationship
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Reference: OCR
E = m × L, where E is the energy change in joules, m is the mass in kilograms and L is the specific latent heat in joules per kilogram.
Topics that use Energy, mass and specific latent heat relationship
- Changes of state (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Change in temperature
- Changes of state
- latent heat
- Physical versus chemical change
- Recovery of original properties
- Reversibility
- specific heat capacity
- Specific latent heat
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