latent heat

released or absorbed energy during a constant-temperature process
Class type of: heat, physical quantity Q207721

Facts

7 properties
ISQ dimension
\mathsf{L}^2 \mathsf{M} \mathsf{T}^{-2}
Opposite of
sensible heat[3]
Quantity symbol (LaTeX)
Q
Recommended unit of measurement
joule, kilogram square metre per square second[6][7]
🏷️ Also known as
en latent heat en latent energy ar طاقة كامنة ar الحرارة الكامنة ar حرارة كامنة cs skupenské teplo da latent varme de Latentwärme de Umwandlungsenthalpie de Umwandlungswärme de versteckte Wärme de latente Energie de latente Wärme es calor latente fa گرمای نهان fa گرمای نهان ذوب fi Latentti lämpö fr chaleur latente fr enthalpie de changement d'état fr Lvap
🔖 Identifiers · 17
GND ID
4399192-0
OpenAlex ID
C58024561
BNCF Thesaurus ID
31407
BabelNet ID
00043438n
Dewey Decimal Classification
536.4 (536.4–660.3, n=3)
Elhuyar ZTH ID
015379
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/latent-heat
Freebase ID
/m/015xv_
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
calor-latent
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0521515
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
latent-heat
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
58024561
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NL CR AUT ID
ph536674
PSH ID
3237
Quora topic ID
Latent-Heat
Topic's main category
Wikidata item
Wolfram Language quantity ID
LatentHeat

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Recommended unit of measurement 1
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Summary

latent heat is a type of heat[1] and physical quantity[2].

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