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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Of course water evaporates at ambient temperature.

But in the “dish of water on the table” scenario you propose, the latent heat of vaporization cooling the water as it evaporates is a gradual loss, replenished by the ambient air.

Ever get cold getting out of a swimming pool or a shower? That’s latent heat of vaporization.


72 posted on 07/09/2021 6:28:41 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DuncanWaring

If you heat water, it evaporates faster. The higher the temperature you heat it to, the faster it evaporates.

You don’t have to heat it to boiling to get it to vaporize.

That was the point I made that you went full retard on.


73 posted on 07/09/2021 6:35:22 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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