Since, volume remains unchanged, during this phenomenon, so
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Now, change in surface area =4πR2−N4πr2 =4π(R2−Nr2) Energy released (ΔU)=T× change in surface area =T×4π[R2−Nr2] Here, all this energy released is at the cost of lowering the temperature and mass of the big drop of liquid =