Question

What is latent heat?

Answer 1

Hey there!! So the answer is that the heat required to convert a solid into a liquid or vapor, or a liquid into a vapor, without change of temperature. Hope this helped and have a great day!!

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

This is the invisible heat required to change the state of a body either from solid to liquid or from liquid to gas.

Latent heat is not detectable by a thermometer.

There are two types of latent heat

(1) Latent heat of fusion

(2) Latent heat of vaporization

(1) Latent heat of fusion: This is the heat energy required to convert a substance from its solid form to its liquid form without a change in temperature.

(2) Latent heat of vaporization: This is the heat required to convert a substance from its liquid form to vapour without a change in temperature.