%0 Journal Article
%T Is the Term Latent Heat a Misconception?
%A Jovan Mitrovic
%J Advances in Historical Studies
%P 57-64
%@ 2327-0446
%D 2022
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ahs.2022.112006
%X The term latent heat was coined by Joseph Black in
1762. The well-known scientist-engineer, James Watt, precisely determined its
value of water by experiments 250 ago, with an accuracy that is comparable to
our modern experiments. However, Rudolf Clausius, one of the founders of modern
thermo<span>dynamics, stated in 1850 that this quantity
not only is hidden (latent) but</span> does even not exist. In this paper, we
present BlackĄ¯s model of latent heat, describe WattĄ¯s experiments and shed some
light on the motivation behind ClausiusĄ¯s statement.
%K Phase Transition
%K Latent Heat
%K Energy Conversion
%K Joseph Back
%K James Watt
%K Rudolph Clausius
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=117734