Question

What is latent heat?

Answer 1

Hey there!! So the answer is that the heat required to convert a solid into a liquid or vapor, or a liquid into a vapor, without change of temperature. Hope this helped and have a great day!!

Answer 2

Answer :

Latent heat : Latent heat is defined as the amount of heat required to convert the solid into liquid or vapor and a liquid into a vapor without changing the temperature.

As there are two types of latent heat which are :

(1) Latent heat of fusion

(2) Latent heat of vaporization

Latent heat of fusion : Latent heat of fusion is defined as the amount of heat energy released or absorbed when the solid converted to liquid at atmospheric pressure at its melting point.

Latent heat of vaporization : Latent heat of vaporization is defined as the amount of heat energy released or absorbed when the liquid converted to vapor at atmospheric pressure at its boiling point.