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Latent Heat
Heating and Phase Changes of Water
A graph of temperature versus energy added. The system is constructed so that no vapor evaporates while ice warms to become liquid water, and so that, when vaporization occurs, the vapor remains in of the system. The long stretches of constant temperature values at 0ºC and 100ºC reflect the large latent heat of melting and vaporization, respectively.
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"OpenStax College, College Physics. October 15, 2012."
http://cnx.org/content/m42225/latest/?collection=col11406/1.7
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