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Question
What do you understand by the term 'latent heat' ? What are the two types of latent heat ?
Solution
Latent heat: The heat energy that has to be supplied to change the state of a substance without changing the temperature of the substance is called its latent heat.
The two types of latent heat are:
- Latent heat of fusion
- Latent heat of vaporisation
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