| | vaporization -> The Boiling Point and Latent Heat of Vaporization on Encyclopedia.com 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | When heat is added to a liquid at its boiling point, with the pressure kept constant, the molecules of the liquid acquire enough energy to overcome the intermolecular forces that bind them together in the liquid state, and they escape as individual molecules of vapor until the vaporization is complete. |
 | | This amount of heat is known as the latent heat of vaporization of the substance. |
 | | For example, the amount of heat necessary to change one gram of water to steam at its boiling point at one atmosphere of pressure, i.e., the heat of vaporization of water, is approximately 540 calories. |
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