Chapter 9 Flashcards
Boiling point
temperature at which a liquid transitions into a gas
Condensation
phase change from gas to liquid
Evaporation
alternative term for vaporisation
Group 16 hydride
group 16 element covalently bonded to a hydrogen
Heat capacity
relationship btwn the heat absorbed by a substance and its temperature change
Latent heat of vapourisation
amount of energy required to convert 1 mol of a substance from its liquid state to its gaseous state at the boiling point of the substance
Phase change
transition of a substance from one state to another
Potable
alternative term for drinkable
Solar energy
energy produced by the sun
Specific heat capacity
energy (J) required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of a given substance by 1*C
Vaporisation
phase change from liquid to gas
