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You have a shallow dish of alcohol set into a tray of water. If you blow across the tray, the alcohol evaporates, while the water cools significantly and eventually freezes. Explain why.
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This is because blowing across the surface of the liquid reduces the concentration of vapor above the liquid, allowing more molecules to escape into the air. Show more…
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