Talk:Evaporation
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Why does a liquid evaporate below the boiling point?
I've never understood why a liquid evaporates below the boiling point. If soeone could explain this, it would be a boon to the article. --Spikey 02:27, 27 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Liquids evaporate below the boiling point because temperature (see article for the technical stuff) is basically a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles. Some particles will be moving much faster, and if certain other conditions are met, will enter the gaseous state. Brianjd 06:52, 2004 Nov 14 (UTC)
Factors influencing rate of evaporation
Shouldn't surface area be included? Brianjd 06:52, 2004 Nov 14 (UTC)
Articles in Wikipedia helping with evaporation concepts
Vapor pressure | Water vapor ... and other links on those pages will help as well --Hard Raspy Sci 03:20, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
The sentence "water boils at 100C at STP" can't be true becuase if it was 100C, it wouldn't be STP. Could someone fix that. I do not know the right answer for it so i can't really fix it
