Specific latent heat of vaporisation
What Specific latent heat of vaporisation means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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The energy needed to change the state of 1 kg of a substance by boiling or condensing, with no change in temperature.
The energy required to change 1kg of a substance from a liquid to a gas at its boiling point.
Topics that use Specific latent heat of vaporisation
- Internal energy (AQA GCSE)
- Changes of state (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Specific latent heat
- Specific latent heat of fusion
- Change in temperature
- change of state
- Changes of state
- constant temperature during melting
- constant temperature plateau
- Energy, mass and specific latent heat relationship
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