The water thought you were so stupid, it left.
Only scientifically correct answer :D
Each individual molecule did reach an excited state and entered the air, as the air molecules themselves are already highly excited. Also, if the air already has enough moisture then the moisture molecules in the air can accumulate on surfaces that are cold enough that they lose their excited state energy, and a puddle could remain even in warm temperatures because as water leaves the puddle more can also accumulate there.
Also diffusion and vapor pressure and latent heat - reality is messy
Someone needs to clean up this fucking sim, the rules make no sense
Spaghetti code, unfortunately. Apt, given we boil salted water to cook spaghetti.
This game has far too many mechanics. The dev team should prune it back to the essentials and focus on polish rather than getting over ambitious and not executing anything well
Clearly most of the development went into highly detailed graphics so some compromises had to be made on simulation rules and gameplay.
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Hence why there’s “boiling” and there’s “evaporating” - two things that aren’t the same hence two different words.
>go into grocery store
>find both sexy and repulsive peopleWhat the hell, since when have people been ahomogenous?
ahomogenous
You mean heterogeneous, lol.
Apologies, I meant to write “contrahomogenous”
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In dry climates, the water actually will dry itself relatively quickly as long as there’s not an overwhelming amount. In more humid areas though, yup.
Yup, I live in a desert climate and only clean up big puddles. Anything that doesn’t make a splash when I step on it will be gone in under an hour, probably closer to 15 min.
Sounds like the magic table that cleans your plates.
My chemistry teacher once explained it to me like below. Does anyone know how much truth there is to this explanation?
Temperature as measured by a thermometer or your finger is an average. Not every single molecule has the same temperature. The molecules constantly bounce around, smashing into each other, transferring heat to each other. By chance, some molecules will get hit in just the right way by other molecules to reach a very high temperature and then it evaporates. So there is constantly a gradient of temperatures among the molecules and the ones with the highest temperature are the ones evaporating, until there is no liquid left at all.
As the average temperature increases, the chance of some molecules reaching a high enough temperature also increases, so warm water evaporates faster than cold water.
This also explains why evaporation cools down (like when you sweat): the molecules with the highest temperature are the ones evaporating, so the average temperature decreases as those high-temperature molecules leave the system. Only the relatively colder molecules are left behind - thus it cools as a whole.
There’s a bit more to it, but it’s because of this effect.
There is actually a balance between liquid and gas state, just overwhelmingly in favor of liquid when at normal temperatures. There is a ratio of molecules that will hit each other and transition to gas, and an equal amount gas hitting liquid and condensing. At least when there is a balance between the two sides, aka 100% moisture in the air. Which is not how it is most places.
Normally there is always evaporated water in the air, and anything that evaporated will be moved away in any mildy ventilated area, as you say, it leaves the system. So it never reaches a balance, which is why things dry up at lower temps as water will always evaporate and leave the system.
This also explains why evaporation cools down (like when you sweat): the molecules with the highest temperature are the ones evaporating, so the average temperature decreases as those high-temperature molecules leave the system. Only the relatively colder molecules are left behind - thus it cools as a whole.
The main principle at work here is the enthalpy of vaporization. When matter changes state, there is an associated amount of energy that is absorbed or released - in the case of vaporization, energy must be absorbed. So when sweat forms on your skin and evaporates, it absorbs heat energy from your body in order to undergo that state change.
For water, the energy involved here is remarkably high, much higher than the energy stored by a few degrees difference in temperature. For example, if you wanted to boil off 1kg of water, it would take about 300 kJ to bring the temperature up to boiling from room temperature and over 2000 kJ to boil it all into steam.
Anon doesn’t realise that his mum cleared it up. Bet they think there’s fridge fairies as well!
I used to have this magic basket. I would put dirty clothes in, and later those clothes would turn up clean
And folded, right on the bed.
What exactly is this idiot suggesting some sort of conspiracy to hide all the water?
Obviously the water fairies take it.
Big Science doesn’t want you to know this one simple trick.
Bigfoot gotta drink something.
Some asshole needs to remind him of something called evaporation and vapor pressure…
Triple point.
If 3people point at some spilled water, it will evaporate in a few hours
This is your friendly reminder that the majority of people on the Internet are children.
I don’t believe that, I just think the children are more vocal.
Homie should have paid attention in physical chemistry.
That is one bold assumption right there.
In case anyone here hasn’t heard the news: https://news.mit.edu/2023/surprising-finding-light-makes-water-evaporate-without-heat-1031
That’s not surprising. That’s just how electromagnetism works
Fucking magnets.
Oh yeah, I’m sure you knew all along and just didn’t want to help with desalinization efforts.
I’m gonna desalinization your butt if you keep it up Mango!
Bro if that stops the itch, go right ahead.
Vapor pressure: “Am I a joke to you?”
Jokes aside, the boiling point exists because as the temperature of the water increases, so does its vapor pressure. At the boiling point, the vapor pressure becomes equal to the atmospheric pressure (1 standard atmosphere, or 760 torr). This is the reason why water boils at lower temperatures at higher altitudes!
He rather questions modus ponens? Things can have many causes, that is why the presence of the effect in absence of the cause does not mean there isn’t a causal effect. Rain makes grass wet, even if the grass is wet without it having rained first, because there are presumably many reasons the grass can be wet (eg sprinklers), even if they are unknown to us. That having been said, this specimen is a hilarious face palm, all the same.
OP took the bait.
