WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LATENT HEAT OF FUSION AND LATENT HEAT OF VAPORISATION?
Asked by honey_physics
| 9th Dec, 2008,
12:49: PM
Expert Answer:
Latent heat of fusion is the amount of heat that is required to change 1 kg of solid into liquid at atmospheric pressure at its melting point.
Whereas Latent heat of vaporisation is the heat that is required to convert a unit mass of a liquid at its boiling point into vapour without an increase in temperature
Answered by
| 10th Dec, 2008,
02:09: PM
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