What is the heat of vaporization of water?

The molecules in liquid water are held together by relatively strong hydrogen bonds and its enthalpy of vaporization, 40.65 kJ/mol is more than five times the energy required to heat the same quantity of water from: 0 °C to 100 °C (cp = 75.3 J K−1 mol−1).

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It changes food into energy that the organism can use.