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Heat and Changes of State

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Melting   The changing of a solid into a liquid  
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Melting point   The temperature at which melting occurs  
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Freezing   The changing of a liquid into a solid  
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Freezing point   The temperature at which freezing occurs  
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Solutes   Substances which dissolve in a liquid  
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Latent heat   The "hidden" heat absorbed or released when a substance undergoes a change of state  
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Heat of fusion   The latent heat required to change a given mass of a solid into a liquid without changing its temperature  
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Evaporation   The change of a substance from a liquid into a gas  
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Volatile   Liquids which evaporate rapidly  
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Nonvolatile   Liquids which evaporate slowly  
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Boil   When evaporation occurs throughout the liquid  
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Boiling point   The temperature at which a substance boils  
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Heat of vaporization   The quantity of heat required to change a given amount of liquid already at its boiling point into gas without raising its temperature  
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Condensation   The process of a gas changing into a liquid  
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Saturation point   When the amount of water evaporating equals the amount condensing  
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Dr. John Gorrie   The man who created the first mechanical cooling system  
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Sublimation   When a gas may change directly into a solid by the same process  
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Plasma   The fourth state of matter  
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