Activity Number 170

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Latent Heat

Interactive model, with minimal support

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	Overview and Learning Objectives Users can add heat to the system and see that there is a period in which the temperature ceases to rise. return to top



	Classroom Practice See a more developed version in Spanish at: http://www.nucleomileniocuantica.cl/extension/fases/llatentheat.cml return to top



	Central Concepts Key Concept: Latent heat is the amount of energy a material absorbs or releases during phase transformation. It is called latent heat because it does not result in a change in temperature. For an isolated system, latent heat is usually associated with the rearrangement of atom positions in a phase transition. Additional Related Concepts Physics/Chemistry Absorption Latent heat Phase change return to top



	Activity Credits Created by CC Project: Molecular Workbench using Molecular Workbench return to top



	Requirements Java 1.5+ - Java 1.5+ is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X 10.4 and greater. If you are using Mac OS X 10.3, you can download MW Version 1.3 and explore within it instead. return to top

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Latent Heat

Overview and Learning Objectives

Classroom Practice

Central Concepts

Additional Related Concepts

Activity Credits

Requirements