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Evaporation

Evaporation

1. a change from liquid to vapor form.

2. Loss of volume of a liquid by conversion into vapor.

Synonym: volatilization.

Origin: L. E, out, _ vaporare, to emit vapor The process of extracting moisture.

3.The process through which sufficient energy is provided to the particles of a liguid to rise up in the form gas.


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Greenies Realise

... are pretty lucky in perth, we have a nice little range about 40 km back from the coast which stops the clouds right where we want them, increased evaporation from the sea = increased rainfall for us, of course the media just happened to forget about that and then remembered again about a week ...

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by futurezoologist
Sun Jun 28, 2009 1:23 pm
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Greenies Realise
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Views: 206

Muscle question?

80% of heat losses from the body by radiation, the rest is caused by evaporation et all :p

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by baikuza
Sat Jan 10, 2009 9:34 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Muscle question?
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Splashpools during high and low tides

... Would anything have happened that could have changed the salinity of the pool? Here's an idea: When the tide goes down and the pool is exposed, evaporation can occur in the pool. The salt in the pool has nowhere to go, so it becomes more concentrated as the water evaporates. On the other hand, ...

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by AstusAleator
Sun Nov 30, 2008 7:35 pm
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Splashpools during high and low tides
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Views: 1668

Co2

Is this to prevent evaporation of moisture within the leaf? Is that why there are generally more stomata on the lower side of the leaf in terrestrial plants?

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by IAreAsian
Wed Nov 12, 2008 7:19 am
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: Co2
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Osmosis question

As blcr11 said, you end up getting evaporation. The reason why you don't see evaporation happen as fast as say salt/water diffusion is because water has to become a gas in order to mix with air(imagine large liquid water droplets floating ...

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by mith
Tue Oct 21, 2008 2:43 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Osmosis question
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