Question

What is the meaning of latent in latent heat of vaporization?

Answer 1

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In the latent heat of vaporization, latent means hidden. This is the hidden heat which is absorbed while changing from one state to another.

Answer 2

Latent heat is energy released or absorbed, by a body or a thermodynamic system, during a constant-temperature process. Two common forms of latent heat are latent heat of fusion (melting) and latent heat of vaporization (boiling). ... In both cases the change is endothermic,meaning that the system absorbs energy.l