I need help with a physics question: Specific Latent Heat

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There are two processes (and related physical parameters) that you must consider;

1. The amount of heat required to melt a mass unit of ice at a constant temperatuire (the freezing or melting point). This is the energy required to break the crystalline bonds associated with the previous freezing of the liquid. It is called the 'Latent Heat of fusion, There is also another parameter for the Latent heat of Vaporization, which is the heat requiired to break the liquid bonds and produce steam - also at constant temperature,

2. The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of water one degree Farenheidt or Celsius. This is the energy required to excite the water molecukes to the average energy level associated with the higher temperature. It is generally called the Specific Heat.

As a matter of practical fact the Latent Heat of Water is about 1000 times the Specific Heat. This is the key property of water that makes steam engines work so well.

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