# Trouton's ratio

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Trouton's ratio

In physics, Trouton's ratio states that latent heat is connected to boiling point roughly by:

:$frac\left\{L_\left\{vap\left\{T_\left\{boiling approx 80 frac\left\{J\right\}\left\{K mol\right\}$.

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*Frederick Thomas Trouton

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