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In a surprising finding, light can make water evaporate without heat
- austin-cheney 3y agoDoesn’t light exchange a tiny amount of heat energy as it reflects off water’s surface tension? I just figured this as a form of entropy whereas some amount of energy is transferred/absorbed at the moment of reflection to be pushed out later as part of a larger energy transfer system.
- tanepiper 3y agoThis is one of these "didn't they know this already?" / "seems obvious to me" sort of things? Regardless of heat, photons have energy so I'd assume over time would ionise water over time - just slower.