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Question 9 • Physics

Latent heat of vaporization refers to which changes of state?

Answer
A
solid to liquid or gas to liquid
B
liquid to gas or gas to liquid
C
gas to liquid or liquid to solid
D
solid to gas or gas to solid

Explanation

Latent heat of vaporization is the energy involved when a substance changes between liquid and gas without changing temperature. Vaporization is liquid to gas, and the reverse change, condensation, is gas to liquid. Therefore, the correct choice is B, “liquid to gas or gas to liquid.”

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