 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1844 - 604 pagine
...substance, it is the same for all gases. These expand or increase in bulk, to the amount of 1 -480th of the whole, for every degree of Fahrenheit's thermometer...state is called vaporization, — when made rapidly, Iolling, — or if made slowly, evaporation. Each substance requires a peculiar amount of heat, for... | |
 | 1912 - 734 pagine
...change from the solid to the liquid state is called fusion or melting, the reverse change, freezing. The change from the liquid to the gaseous state is called vaporization, the reverse change condensation. The change from the solid directly to the vapor state is called sublimation,... | |
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The change of a solid into a liquid is usually termed its melting, fusion, or liquefaction; whilst the change from the liquid to the gaseous state is called vaporization, — when made rapidly, boiling, — or if made slowly, evaporation. 