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States of Matter: Latent heat MCQ

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Latent heatHardQuestion 22048

Question

During boiling at constant pressure, the supplied heat is used mainly to:

  1. A
    Overcome intermolecular forces
    Correct
  2. B
    Raise temperature sharply
  3. C
    Increase nuclear energy
  4. D
    Reduce moles

Correct answer

Overcome intermolecular forces

Explanation

Temperature remains constant during the phase change.

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