Specific heat is the heat energy in joules required to rise the temperature of one kg of substance through one kelvin without a change in its state.
But latent heat is the heat required to change the state of one kg of substance without change in temperature.
Usually as we give heat to a system then temperature of the system would rise. But at the boiling point though we give enormous amount of heat the temperature would remain the same and so the heat given is said to be latent and it is used to change water from liquid state to gaseous state. Hence the name latent heat
The symbol for latent heat is ( L ).
Latent heat of vapourisation can be define as the rate by which water is heat to vapourise, it has a difference with evaporation because evaporation occurs directly when the water start heatin while vapourisation always start in a specific temperature
Specific heat refers to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a substance by one degree Celsius, while latent heat is the heat absorbed or released during a phase change without a change in temperature. Specific heat affects the temperature change of a substance, while latent heat affects the phase change process. Both specific heat and latent heat play a role in heat transfer processes by determining how much heat is needed to change the temperature or phase of a substance.
Sensible heat is heat supplied or taken away and causes an immediate change in temperature without changing the state. While latent heat is heat supplied or taken away and causes a change in state without change in temperature. This difference can be applied to the certain properties of water/steam. This is called the thermodynamics properties of steam.
They are the same thing. Fusion and solidification both mean the changing of a liquid to a solid.
Usually as we give heat to a system then temperature of the system would rise. But at the boiling point though we give enormous amount of heat the temperature would remain the same and so the heat given is said to be latent and it is used to change water from liquid state to gaseous state. Hence the name latent heat
The symbol for latent heat is ( L ).
the heat which is absorbed by a substance for changing solid into liquid state by keeping temperature constant is called latent heat of fusion while the heat which is evolved during phase change of liquid to vapour state at constant temperature is called latent heat of vapourization
Latent heat of vapourisation can be define as the rate by which water is heat to vapourise, it has a difference with evaporation because evaporation occurs directly when the water start heatin while vapourisation always start in a specific temperature
Specific heat refers to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a substance by one degree Celsius, while latent heat is the heat absorbed or released during a phase change without a change in temperature. Specific heat affects the temperature change of a substance, while latent heat affects the phase change process. Both specific heat and latent heat play a role in heat transfer processes by determining how much heat is needed to change the temperature or phase of a substance.
Latent heat of evaporation of water to steam is 2270 KJ/Kg
Sensible heat is heat supplied or taken away and causes an immediate change in temperature without changing the state. While latent heat is heat supplied or taken away and causes a change in state without change in temperature. This difference can be applied to the certain properties of water/steam. This is called the thermodynamics properties of steam.
Latent
The opposite of latent heat is sensible heat. Sensible heat is the heat that causes a change in temperature of a substance without a change in phase.
The energy which must be transferred to or from a sample of water in order to change it's state is called the Latent Energy or Latent Heat - for example Latent Heat of Evaporation or Latent Heat of Freezing.
Latent heat is an important form of atmospheric energy. Latent heat is a property of water vapor in the atmosphere and when water vapor condenses it releases latent heat. Latent heat must be supplied to evaporate liquid water and this heat affects the behavior of the weather.