it leaves the surface as a gaseous form but then it can condense into microscopic droplets while giving up latent heat (heat of vaporization)
what thermodynamic point was incorrect? On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Terry Blanton <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Joshua Cude <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Steam can be wet. Live with it. > > Water cannot leave the surface of water. It must be in a gaseous > form. Learn some thermodynamics, Cude. Each molecule that escapes > the intermolecular forces takes with it that amount of kinetic energy. > > T > >
