On Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at 11:44:33 PM UTC-8, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
> >> the transition from lots of liquid droplets (hot or cold steam) into
> >> single molecules of water, which is invisable gas.
> >
> > It's called "boiling."
>
> Not only. Water (like other substances) evoporates at temperatures much
> lower than its boiling point.
>
> This is why you sweat: the sweat (basically warm salty water) carries heat
> from inside the body to the surface of the skin and evoporates there.
You are correct up to here. Beyond this point, however, you explanation breaks down in that your model fails to explain the broad range of behaviors (especially sublimation) associated with H2O polarity.
> Evaporation, the ability to leave the ensemble of water molecules held
> together by hydrogen bond,
It is an ensemble that is leaving, not just one molecule. And since liquid water has a huge heat capacity a lot of heat is carried away in the nanodroplet that leaves.
> requires greater inner energy U for each water
> molecule in the sweat; this energy is taken from other water molecules, so
> that the temperature of the remaining sweat is reduced – it is cooled [first
> law of thermodynamics: dU = δQ + δW = c dT + δW; cₚ(H₂O) = 4184 J/(kg K)].
> Since heat always flows from the hotter to the colder substance [a
> consequence of the second law of thermodynamics: dS ≥ 0], this cools the
> body. Then the evaporated molecules diffuse into the surrounding air, so
> that this heat is finally transported away from the body.
Most importantly--and this is something only an expert in water will understand--the ensemble that leaves still maintains hydrogen bonds with other H2O molecules in the ensemble. And since H bonds LOWER THE POLARITY OF THE MOLECULES THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE BONDS the force necessary for the nanodrolet ensemble to break away is considerably less per molecule than it would be if we were trying to remove these molecules one at a time (boiling). Only a person (myself) who is an expert in understanding the VARIABILITY of the polarity of the H2O molecule and the fact that H bonds are the mechanism thereof is there the slightest chance of being able to explain the broad range of observed behaviors (ie. sublimation) associated with evaporation. Morons (ie. Arindam and Thomas pointy head) who stubbornly insist on standard assumptions and who are ignorant of the distinctness of H2O polarity and h bonding are, well, just wasting everybody's time with their ignorant assertions. This is a subject that requires an expert (myself) who has an intimate understanding of the highly variable nature of H2O polarity and h bonding.
> I
> You can also observe this if you have a shower or a bath or go swimming and
> do not dry your body quickly afterwards. As the water on your skin
> evaporates, you will feel colder because you *actually* become colder.
Yes, evaporation cools. (Everybody knows this.) But this does not substantiate your simplistic model that completely breaks down when trying to explain evaporation at lower temperatures. Your model fails to explain sublimation. My model does not fail.
> > Guess what temperature water boils at sea level?
> 100 °C, because that is how the Celsius scale is defined.
Meaningless.
Watch and study all of these videos if you want to have a chance of understanding the highly counterintuitive nature of h bonds between H2O molecules:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfNuWJDJvRw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDv2RoUrHTY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIQSubWJeNg
James McGinn / Solving Tornadoes