Question

Describe Latent Warmth​

Answer 1

Answer:

• Latent heat is defined as the heat or energy that is absorbed or released during a phase change of a substance.
• It could either be from a gas to a liquid or liquid to solid and vice versa.
• Latent heat is related to a heat property called enthalpy.

Answer 2

Latent heat (also known as latent energy, or as Heat of Transformation) is energy released or absorbed, by a body or a thermodynamic system, during a constant-temperature process — usually a first-order phase transition.

Latent heat can be understood as energy in hidden form which is supplied or extracted to change the state of a substance without changing its temperature. Examples are latent heat of fusion and latent heat of vaporization involved in phase changes, i.e. a substance condensing or vaporizing at a specified temperature and pressure.

The term was introduced around 1762 by British chemist Joseph Black. It is derived from the Latin latere (to lie hidden). Black used the term in the context of calorimetry where a heat transfer caused a volume change in a body while its temperature was constant.

In contrast to latent heat, sensible heat is energy transferred as heat, with a resultant temperature change in a body.