Editing Vaporization (section)

{{Short description|Transition of a liquid to vapor}}
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'''Vaporization''' (or vapo(u)risation) of an element or compound is a [[phase transition]] from the [[liquid]] phase to [[vapor]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/623152/vaporization|title=Vaporization|date=April 25, 2007|publisher=[[Encyclopedia Britannica]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150516032616/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/623152/vaporization|archive-date=May 16, 2015}}</ref> There are two types of vaporization: [[evaporation]] and [[boiling]]. Evaporation is a [[surface phenomenon]], whereas boiling is a bulk phenomenon (a phenomenon in which the whole object or substance is involved in the process).