What is latent heat?

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Latent heat is the energy released or absorbed by a body or a thermodynamic system during a constant-temperature process. A typical example is a change of state of matter, meaning a phase transition such as the melting of ice or the boiling of water.
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Latent heat is the energy released or absorbed by a body or a thermodynamic system during a constant-temperature process. A typical example is a change of state of matter, meaning a phase transition such as the melting of ice or the boiling of water
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Latent heat is the energy released or absorbed by a body or a thermodynamic system during a constant-temperature process.
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The quantity of heat absorbed or released by a substance undergoing a change of state, such as ice changing to water or water to steam, at constant temperature and pressure. Also called heat of transformation.
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Latent heat is the name given to energy which is either lost or gained by a substance when it changes state,for example from gas to liquid.It is measured as an amount of energy,joules.rather than as a temperature.
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Latent heat, characteristic amount of energy absorbed or released by a substance during a change in its physical state that occurs without changing its temperature.
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Latent heat is the energy released or absorbed by a body during a process at constant temperature.
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Latent heat is the energy released or absorbed by a body or a thermodynamic system during isothermal process.
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The heat required to convert a solid into a liquid or vapour, or a liquid into a vapour, without change of temperature.
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