Q. The latent heat of vaporisation of a substance is always

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Solution:

During vaporisation, the strong intermolecular force between the liquid molecules are broken to convert the liquid into vapor phase. Thus more amount of energy is required to break the intermolecular attraction of the liquid molecules compared to just weaken enough the bonds in solid to convert it into liquid (during fusion). Hence the latent heat of vaporisation of a substance is always greater than its latent heat of fusion.