1) heat of vaporization. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English
Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...The amount of heat required to convert a unit mass of a liquid at its boiling point into vapor without an increase in temperature....
2) latent heat. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...by each gram of ice in melting or is given up by each gram of water in freezing. The latent heat of vaporization of steam is 540 calories per gram, absorbed during...
3) vaporization. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...from solid to gas in a process known as sublimation. 1 The Boiling Point and Latent Heat of VaporizationWhen heat is added to a liquid at its boiling point, with...
4) heat. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...transition, the temperature remains constant until the change is completed. The heat of vaporization, or latent heat of vaporization, is the heat that must be added...
5) latent heat. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...heat of fusion. If it is given off during the change from a gas to a liquid, it is called heat of vaporization. 1...
6) evaporation. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...evaporation The changing of a liquid into a gas, often under the influence of heat (as in the boiling of water). (See vaporization.) 1 The evaporation of water from...
7) enthalpy. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...the heat of fusion and the change associated with the liquid-gas transition is called the heat of vaporization (see latent heat). The enthalpy change for a given...
8) boiling point. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...further rise in temperature, and the additional heat energy supplied is absorbed as latent heat of vaporization to transform the liquid into gas. This transformation...
9) low-temperature physics. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...be removed as the liquid reverts to its gaseous state, since it will absorb its latent heat of vaporization during the transition. Various liquefied gases can be...
10) superheat. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...own liquid) beyond its saturation point at a given pressure. 3. To heat (a liquid) above its boiling point without causing vaporization. (spr-ht)1. The amount by...
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