Question

b. Describe how the temperature changes within a phase and during a phase change as heat is added to a water sample. (2 points)

Answer 1

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Take for example the heating of water.

When heating liquid water from room temperature (25 °C) to the boiling point (100 °C), adding heat results in a direct increase in the temperature. This kind of heat is called sensible heat, because we can sense the effect of the added energy.

But when you reach 100 °C, there is a phase change from liquid to vapour, and the added heat is used to produce the phase change, and no increase in temperature is observed, only the phase change. This kind of heat is called latent heat. 

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