Latent heat is the amount of energy required to change the state of a substance without changing its temperature. This energy is absorbed or released during phase transitions, such as melting (solid to liquid), freezing (liquid to solid), boiling (liquid to gas), or condensation (gas to liquid).

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Latent heat by Codex 0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
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The latent heat from phase to phase is
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per mole or per particle, according to the normalization used.
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