Is condensing water vapor an exothermic process or an endo process?
1 Answer
Nov 21, 2016
Well condensation is the reverse of vaporization, so it is clearly exothermic.
Explanation:
When we boil water, we put heat into the system:
Now this physical process as written is clearly ENDOTHERMIC. And it makes sense intuitively.
Given this, the reverse process must clearly be EXOTHERMIC:
When you include the