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> I could see a highly hydrophilic capillary restricting a vapor enough to where it has better entropy in a liquid state. My other comment here (and and a repl
by mppm 1y ago
> I could see a highly hydrophilic capillary restricting a vapor enough to where it has better entropy in a liquid state.
My other comment here (and and a reply to a similar question) has more detail [1], but in short: this is true for capillaries and pores, it is not true for "collectable" droplets on a flat surface.
1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44099078 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44099078
- ummonk 1y agoReplied to that comment as well but per the article they're not droplets on a flat surface, but rather droplets connected to pores by surface tension.