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Any one else familiar with “solar vapor drive” in the building science community (vapor being driven into buildings from the outside simply due to solar exposur
by waldothedog 3y ago
Any one else familiar with “solar vapor drive” in the building science community (vapor being driven into buildings from the outside simply due to solar exposure)? My understanding is that it is expected even in the absence of warmth.
Is this the same effect?
- jagged-chisel 3y ago> … even in the absence of warmth. Tangent (adjacent?): my ice “cubes” evaporate. (They’re hollow cylinders) If I put into my freezer more ice than I can use in a week, about half of the top layer of blocks has lost quite a bit of their substance.
- lovemenot 3y agoYour ice is sublimating. Cold dry air absorbs vapour directly from the solid water. The more surface area is exposed to air (hollow cylinders) the more it'll sublimate.