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During a change of state why doesnt the temperature of the substance change?
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∙ 12y ago
The temperature of a substance depends on the amount of heat energy in it. So when you heat up water its temperature rises. However, when a substance changes state - when water boils, for instance - liquid water uses heat to become a gas. The amount of heat it takes to convert one gram of water (at 100 deg C) to gaseous water (at 100 deg c) is 539 cal.
That is, taking a gram of water from 99 deg C to 100 deg C consumes 1 calorie, but taking that liquid water to gaseous water takes another 539 calories. The heat overcomes the intermolecular attractive force - the cohesion of the liquid water molecules. But when you add the 540th calorie the gaseous water's temperature goes up to 101 deg C.
That is called the heat of vaporization. Similarly, the heat of fusion is the amount of heat energy it takes to liquefy ice - and the temperature stays at 0 deg C when you add nearly 80 calories to turn ice into liquid water.
In other words, melting ice takes as much energy as it would take to raise the temperature of liquid water from 0 deg C to 79.7 deg C.
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