Showing posts with label Heat of Vaporization. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Heat of Vaporization. Show all posts

Monday, September 19, 2011

Heat of Vaporization

Heat of Vaporization

What is it?

Heat of Vaporization is the change in enthalpy (or heat) needed to cause the evaporation one mole of a liquid.

Give me an example!

When a substance reaches its heat of vaporization, the bonds between the molecules that hold it together in a liquid state break down and it becomes a gas. You might say the bonds between the molecules vaporize when the substance reaches its heat of vaporization.