An open pot of pure water on a stove reaches a vigorous boil at standard atmospheric pressure. While heat continues to be supplied by the burner, which of the following describes what happens to the temperature of the boiling liquid water as it turns to steam?
- AThe temperature steadily rises above as the liquid absorbs additional thermal energy.
- The temperature remains constant at because the added thermal energy is used to break intermolecular bonds during the phase change.Cevap
- CThe temperature rapidly drops toward because escaping steam carries away all thermal energy from the remaining liquid.
- DThe temperature fluctuates unpredictably between the freezing point and the boiling point due to turbulent convection currents.
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The temperature remains constant at because the added thermal energy is used to break intermolecular bonds during the phase change.
When a pure substance reaches its boiling point at constant pressure, its temperature remains unchanged until the entire liquid has transitioned into vapor. The continuous input of heat supplies the latent heat of vaporization, which breaks the intermolecular bonds holding liquid molecules together rather than increasing their average kinetic energy.
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Latent heat and constant temperature during phase transitions
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