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latent heat
Type: Term Definitions: 1. the amount of heat that a substance may absorb without an increase in temperature, as in conversion from solid to liquid state (ice to water at 0°C), or from liquid to gaseous state (water to steam at 100°C).
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latent heat
Energy transferred from the earth's surface to the atmosphere through the evaporation and condensation processes.
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Latent heat
The heat released or absorbed per unit mass by a system when changing phase.
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latent heat
[n] - heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure
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Latent heat
The heat required to change the phase (e.g. a liquid to a gas) of a material without altering its temperature
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Latent Heat
Latent heat is heat energy used or released during change of phase.
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Latent Heat
The amount of heat required to melt (or vapourize) 1 kilogram of a substance. The same amount of heat is released when 1 kilogram of the same substance freezes (or condenses). The heat is absorbed at constant temperature, the melting temperature. Amorphous solids, including many polymers, do not hav...
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latent heat
Heat that is absorbed without causing a rise in temperature. For example, 'latent heat of vaporization' refers to the amount of heat required to convert a liquid to vapor at a particular temperature.
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latent heat
Latent Heat (L) is the quantity of heat absorbed or released when a substance changes its physical phase at constant temperature (e.g. from solid to liquid at the melting point or from liquid to gas at the boiling point).
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latent heat
The amount of energy required to change a solid to a liquid or liquid to a gas
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Latent Heat
Expressed in BTU per pound. The amount of heat needed (absorbed) to convert a pound of boiling water to a pound of steam.
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Latent Heat
A change in the heat content that occurs without a corresponding change in temperature, usually accompanied by a change of state (as from liquid to vapor during evaporation).
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latent heat
The amount of heat that a substance may absorb without an increase in temperature, as in conversion from solid to liquid state (ice to water at 0°C), or from liquid to gaseous state (water to steam at 100°C). ... Compare: sensible heat. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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latent heat
heat of transformation noun heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure
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latent heat
characteristic amount of energy absorbed or released by a substance during a change in its physical state that occurs without changing its ... [6 related articles]
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Latent Heat
Heat of Vaporization. Units of J/g.
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Latent heat
The heat released or absorbed per unit mass by a system in a reversible isobaric-isothermal change of phase. In meteorology, the latent heats of evaporation (or condensation), fusion (melting), and sublimation of water substance are of importance.
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Latent heat
Latent heat is the heat released or absorbed by a body or a thermodynamic system during a process that occurs without a change in temperature. A typical example is a change of state of matter, meaning a phase transition such as the melting of ice or the boiling of water. The term was introduced aro...
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Latent Heat
Is the energy required to change a substance to a higher state of matter (solid > liquid > gas). This same energy is released from the substance when the change of state is reversed (gas > liquid > solid).
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latent Heat
Energy required to vaporise liquid water without increasing its temperature
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LATENT HEAT
The energy released or absorbed during a change of state. Related terms: condensation and sublimation
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Latent Heat
Heat of Vaporization. Units of J/g.
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Latent Heat
The energy released or absorbed during a change of state. For example, the change of water vapour to liquid water releases the latent heat of condensation.
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latent heat
quantity of heat needed for the change of phase or structure of the matter within an entity being at a constant temperature and pressure
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Latent Heat
The change in heat content that occurs with a change in phase and without change in temperature.
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