There is no short answer to the way you have phrases the question but I can give you a long answer to the question and you can then shorten it. Actually, you have asked two questions rolled into one.
Let's take water as an example. As heat is added to water at say 90 degrees C, the molecules of water become more vigorous (they are rather vigorous at 90, of course) and their kinetic energy increases. That continues until the temperature of the water reaches 100. At that point, we have only liquid water plus the vapor associated with water at that temperature. If we add more heat energy, the termperature of the water will not change; i.e., it will stay at 100, BUT for every 540 calories of added heat we can convert 1 gram of water from liquid to steam. That will continue, at 100 degrees C, until all of the water has been vaporized to steam. At that point, adding more heat will raise the temperature of the steam to something over 100. I hope this covers your question. After you understand the entire process, I'm sure you can find a simple short answer.
Hi
I cant find a good short answer - during phase change in water
how would you describe change in a arrangement of particles as heat energy and temperature increases.
1 answer
1 answer