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You’re thinking about it right if you’re zoomed into the surface of the water plus a few millimeters above it. But the molecule clusters themselves evaporate af
by elil17 3y ago
You’re thinking about it right if you’re zoomed into the surface of the water plus a few millimeters above it. But the molecule clusters themselves evaporate after that, which pulls heat from the air.
- JohnFen 3y agoGotcha. That heat from the air is also energy input that has to be counted, so it still would equal out in the end, right?
- elil17 3y agoExactly
- JohnFen 3y agoSo a good analogy might be that it's like a tiny version of what happens in an atomizer. It takes more energy to evaporate water than to turn the same amount of water into a very fine mist. The droplets will then evaporate on their own, using an amount of energy equal to the difference between evaporation and misting. Thank you, I've got a little clearer view of my world.