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Why is the heat of fusion of a substance smaller than its heat of vaporization?
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1 of 3We need to explain why is the heat of fusion smaller than heat of vaporization. These values are determined by the amount of heat needed for one mole of substance to melt or to vaporize so we need to determine what happens with substance in this processes.
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