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You may be referring to boiling. First a little background.
Vaporization is a phase change from the liquid state to the gaseous (or vapor) state. When a liquid vaporizes or evaporates, the more energetic molecules in the liquid leave the surface and enter the vapor phase in the air above the liquid. Because its the more energetic molecules that leave the liquid, and the kinetic energy of a molecules is related to the temperature, vaporization is a cooling process. Another term for this is endothermic, meaning it takes in heat.
When a liquid is below its boiling point, not all molecules uniformly have enough energy to enter the vapor state. Some molecules have more energy and go into the vapor, others don't and stay behind in the liquid state. As an average, the liquid exhibits a vapor pressure less than that of the atmosphere. The vapor pressure of a liquid is a function of its temperature.
When a liquid reaches its boiling temperature, however, that means the liquid's vapor pressure (as a whole) equals that of the atmosphere. So instead of evaporation just from the surface, now you see bubble of water vapor forming throughout the liquid and rising to the surface.
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∙ 12y agoVaporization is a change of phase (from liquid to gas), a physical phenomenon; the chemical nature of the molecules is not changed.
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When vaporization takes place on the surface of a liquid is called?
If vaporization takes place at the surface of a liquid, it is called evaporation. but when evaporation occurs throughout the substance it is called boiling.
The amount of energy needed to change a material from a solid to a liquid is the heat of what?
The latent heat of evaporation
Change of a liquid to a gas?
The change of a liquid to a gas is Vaporization. Not to be confused with "Evaporation".
When liquid water changes into steam what is it called?
Vaporization is the phase transition that takes place when liquid water turns to steam. The type of vaporization that occurs in this case is boiling.
The process of liquid to gas is called?
vaporization There are two forms of vaporization - evaporation and boiling
What is vaporization called when it is throughout a liquid?
Boiling.
What is the change of a liquid to a gas?
Evaporation.Would you believe condensation.Would you believe vaporization!(Evaporation is a type of vaporization that only happens at the surface of a liquid, boiling happens throughout the liquid volume)
Is the change of state from a gas to a liquid?
The change of state from a liquid to a gas is called vaporization. There are two types of vaporization; evaporation, which occurs at the surface, and boiling, which occurs throughout the liquid.
In cooking what does boil mean?
vaporization that occurs throughout the liquid
What is the change of state from a gas to a liquid state?
The change of state from a liquid to a gas is called vaporization. There are two types of vaporization; evaporation, which occurs at the surface, and boiling, which occurs throughout the liquid.
When vaporization takes place of surfaces of a liquid is called?
If vaporization takes place at the surface of a liquid, it is called evaporation. but when evaporation occurs throughout the substance it is called boiling.
When vaporization takes place on the surface of a liquid is called?
If vaporization takes place at the surface of a liquid, it is called evaporation. but when evaporation occurs throughout the substance it is called boiling.
Which term is defined as the change in physical state from liquid to gas occurring throughout a liquids?
The change in state from the liquid to the gas state is called vaporization. There are two types of vaporization, evaporation and boiling. You are describing boiling.
What change of state occurs during vaporization?
Vaporization is the process in which liquid turns into gas.
What term best describes the process by which particles escape from the surface of a nonboiling liquid and enter the gas state?
Evaporation (more for talking about water) or vaporization (as a general term) refers to the process in which a liquid changes into a gas. In evaporation, the liquid turns into a gas at the surface. In boiling, vaporization occurs throughout the liquid.
What is the change of state from gas to liquid?
The change of state from a liquid to a gas is called 'Vaporization'. There are two types of Vaporization: boiling and evaporation.
Does Evaporation have a phase change?
Evaporation is a form of the vaporization phase change. When the liquid turns to gas by vaporizing from the surface of the liquid it is called evaporation. Boiling is when the vaporizing is going on throughout the entire liquid.
