BRAINCAKELatent heat of Vaporisation of Water
The specific latent heat of vaporisation is the energy needed to evaporate 1kg of water without a change in temperature.
The small size of the water molecule means that water would be a gas at room temperature if not for the hydrogen bonding between the water molecules making the boiling point higher than expected.
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Key terms in this lesson
- hydrogen bond
- A weak electrostatic attraction between a slightly positive hydrogen atom on one polar molecule and a slightly negative atom, such as oxygen or nitrogen, on another.
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- Roles of ATP
- Water and Hydrogen Bonding
- Specific Heat Capacity of Water
- Cohesion and Surface Tension of Water
- The Importance of Water
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