Which of the following statements is/are correct?
(1)Latent heat is used to overcome the attractions between the molecules in a substance.
(2)The latent heat of a substance is the energy absorbed by the substance when it changes from solid to liquid (or from liquid to gas) without a change of temperature.
(3)The specific latent heat depends on the volume of the body.
Answer: (1) and (2) only are correct.
But why?
then specific latent heat depends on what?