Vaporization

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Vaporization (or vapo(u)risation) of an element or compound is a phase transition from the liquid phase to vapor.^[1] 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).