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What does the latent heat of fusion measured?
The energy required to melt a substance
The heat needed to boil away one gram of a liquid at its boiling point is?
The heat needed to melt one gram of a solid at its melting point is the heat of fusion.
Why is heat energy needed to melt a solid what is this heat energy called?
This energy is the enthalpy of fusion (or latent heat of fusion).
What substance melt butter better sugar salt or chalk?
oil with heat from a stove works or without heat you can u an acid like bleach
How much energy is needed to melt 25.4 grams of L's?
What are L's? And what's the heat capacity?
The amount of heat needed to melt one kilogram of a substance?
heat of fusion
What is the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kilograms of a substance by 1 kelvin is called?
Specific heat is the amount of heat needed to melt one kilogram of a substance...heat of fusion
What is the definition for latent heat of melting?
The amount of heat released / absorbed from a substance at constant temperature as you change state from liquid->solid / solid->liquid.
Why is heat energy needed to melt a solid. What is this heat energy called?
the energy that goes into changing a substance from a solid to a liquid (melting) is called the latent heat of fusion.
What will happen if you heat a solid substance?
if you heat a solid substance it will melt at certain degree of temperature according to the substance.
When a substance melt or boils it absorbs?
Heat
What is the measurement of how much heat energy is required for a substance to melt?
heat of fusion
What cause a substance to melt?
any heat or hotness that is by it well make it melt
When does the addition of heat to a substance not result in a temperature increase?
-- When the heat causes the substance to melt or vaporize. -- When heat is being leaked out of the substance at the same rate somewhere else.
The energy needed to melt or boil 1kg of a substance by 1C?
The value depends on the material being heated. This value is called the specific heat capacity, or just specific heat for short.
What does the latent heat of fusion?
The energy required to melt a substance
Where does the energy needed to melt the iron come from?
The energy comes from the heat to melt the iron
