HyperDic: heat_of_fusion

English > 1 sense of the expression heat of fusion:
NOUNphenomenonheat of fusionheat absorbed by a unit mass of a solid at its melting point in order to convert the solid into a liquid / liquid at the same temperature
English > heat of fusion: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenon
Meaningheat absorbed by a unit mass of a solid at its melting point in order to convert the solid into a liquid / liquid at the same temperature.
Example"the heat of fusion is equal to the heat of solidification"
Broaderlatent heat, heat of transformationheat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure
Spanishcalor de fusión
Catalancalor de fusió

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