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Chris Richardson  
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 More options Oct 3 2012, 3:03 am
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From: Chris Richardson <r...@localhost.localdomain>
Date: 3 Oct 2012 07:03:08 GMT
Local: Wed, Oct 3 2012 3:03 am
Subject: Re: alcohol evaporation vp
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On Tue, 02 Oct 2012 21:15:37 -0400, tj Frazir wrote:
> its boil point is lower as its vapour presure is /2 of water.
>  air presure makes a beed out of water to an edge thats twice as high .

What a idiot!

The boiling point and vapor pressure are thermodynamic quantities
but we are concerned here with a rate, or kinetic, phenomenon.

Also, the "bead" form of water is caused by surface tension and
has nothing to do air pressure.


 
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