P1a Latent Heat - Changing State

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FOUNDATION
ONLY on Foundation Tier

State that energy is needed to melt or boil things.


Interpret data which shows that there is no temperature change when materials are:

  1.  boiling;
  2.  melting or freezing.
STANDARD
BOTH Foundation and Higher Tiers

Describe how, even though energy is still being transferred, there is no temperature change when materials are:

  1.  boiling;
  2.  melting or freezing.

 
Recognise that the specific latent heat of materials is:

  1.  a measure of how much energy is needed to melt or boil them;
  2.  the energy needed to melt or boil 1kg of them;
  3.  different for different materials and states.
HIGHER
ONLY on Higher Tier

State and  use the equation:
energy = mass x specific latent heat.
(A change of subject may be required.)

Explain that energy supplied during a change of state is used to break inter-molecular bonds and this explains why temperature does not change.

 


Lesson 1
2010_10_050
Lesson 2
2010_10_051

 


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