Evaporation is all about the energy in individual molecules not about the average energy of a system.
Why does some water evaporate at room temperature.
High temperatures just increase the rate of evaporation.
The average energy can be low and the evaporation still continues.
Don t worry you don t have to live in a house that s a scalding 212ºf just for water to disappear on its own.
You might be wondering how that can happen when the temperature is low.
Why does water evaporate at room temperature.
If the air is dry enough more molecules will jump from your cup into the air than will stick from the air into the water.
Evaporation is a type of vaporization that occurs on the surface of a liquid as it changes into the gas phase.
A fluid has billions of molecules all whizzing around at different speeds.
Wiki user answered.
The boiling point of water is 212 f or 100 c.
Petrol or gasoline evaporates faster than most liquids because of its weak intermolecular attractions.
Petrol is a mixture of hydrocarbons with the.
What is evaporation.
Most molecules have a most probable velocity which is low for water at room temperature.
Water evaporates anywhere that has some.
However there are some circumstances that typically require water to be certain temperatures.
That process is called evaporation.
Some have low velocities while some have very high velocities.
It turns out that all liquids can evaporate at room temperature and normal air pressure.
Clearly water does evaporate at 212ºf but it also evaporates at room temperature.
All fluids are always evaporating.
When answering this question it s helpful to think of temperature as kinetic energy that is energy that is transferred.
All liquids can evaporate at room temperature.
The surrounding gas must not be saturated with the evaporating substance.
Asked by wiki user.
When the molecules of the liquid collide they transfer energy to each other based on how they collide with each other.
For example water freezes at 32 f or zero c.