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heat of vaporization

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The amount of heat required to convert a unit mass of a liquid at its boiling point into vapor without an increase in temperature.

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  • noun physics The amount of heat needed to change a unit mass of material from a liquid to a gas at its boiling point

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  • noun heat absorbed by a unit mass of a material at its boiling point in order to convert the material into a gas at the same temperature

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