wax

water
1. When water evaporates its PE goes up
so the KE (and temp.) must go down.
Evaporation is a cooling process.
2. When wax freezes its PE goes down so
the KE (and temp.)goes up. Freezing
releases heat.

melt ice
vaporize water
freeze water
condense vapor
TIME
TEMP
O C
100 C
PE falls
PE rises
PE rises
PE falls
1. When you first touch the liquids they
feel the same .but after removing your
fingers
2. The water cools quickly off.
3. The wax gets immediately hotter!

You finger is above the freezing point of
water but below the freezing point of wax.
Water at body temperature evaporates
readily.
Shows how wax molecules get closer
together when they freeze thus PE
goes down!