Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections
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ISBN: 9781133939146
Author: Katz, Debora M.
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 21, Problem 32PQ
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The reason for which the latent heat of vaporization is much larger than the latent heat of fusion and the reason why more energy needed to change the same amount of material to vapor than is necessary to melt it.
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