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sect 3.3
phase changes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what are 6 common phase changes? | melting, freezing, vaporization, condensation, sublimation, and deposition. |
| what is endothermic? | when a system absorbs energy from its surroundings. |
| what is the heat of fusion? | the temp at which it melts. |
| what is exothermic? | when releases energy into its surroundings. |
| what is vaporization? | when a substance changes from a liquid into a gas. |
| what is heat of vaporization? | the amount of energy for water. |
| what is evaporation? | the process that changes a stubstance from a liquid to a gas at temperatures below the substances boiling point. |
| what is vapor pressure? | the pressure caused by the collisions of this vapor and the walls of the container. |
| what is condensation? | when a substance changes from a gas or vapor to a liquid. |
| what is sublimation? | a substance changes from a solid to a gas or vapor without changing to a liquid first. |
| what is deposition? | when a gas or vapor changes directly into a solid without first changing to a liquid. |