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Saye Trinidad
Saye Trinidad asked in Science & MathematicsChemistry · 9 years ago

Vaporization question for general chem?

Help me define or explain this????

Why is the energy of vaporization for water much grater than its empathy of fusion??

HELP ME PLEASE :(

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  • Philippe
    Lv 7
    9 years ago
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    Hi Saye Trinidad,

    I'll allow me a comparison . . . !

    Imagine the stack of a (non-cemented) brick wall . . . This is the solid state . . . !

    Imagine a bunch of bricks non-stacked . . . This is liquid . . . !

    Imagine flying bricks (this is just a guess!) . . . this characterizes the gaseous state . . . !

    It is easier (this requires less energy !) bring down the brick wall and so do a lot of flying bricks . . . !

    Transposed to the water, it requires less energy to the fusion to the evaporation . . . !

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