Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (4th Edition)

Published by Benjamin Cummings
ISBN 10: 032191855X
ISBN 13: 978-0-32191-855-0

Chapter 2 - The Chemistry of Microbiology - Questions For Review - Critical Thinking - Page 54: 11

Answer

Water is a polar molecule due to which it develops strong hydrogen bonding between H and OH group. The hydrogen binding increase the stability of water, hence a large amount of energy is required to break this bonding. This results in high heat of vaporization of water (540 cal/g). Therefore, water needs to absorb large amounts of energy before evaporating.

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