noun
heat of vaporization
Technical term in physics and engineering for the heat absorbed when a liquid turns into a gas.
水が蒸発するとき、気化熱を周囲から奪います。
When water evaporates, it takes heat of vaporization from the surroundings.
凝縮熱 is the heat released during condensation, the opposite process of vaporization.
Compound of 気化 (vaporization) and 熱 (heat).