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  2. Evaporation - Wikipedia

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    A high concentration of the evaporating substance in the surrounding gas significantly slows down evaporation, such as when humidity affects rate of evaporation of water. [2] When the molecules of the liquid collide, they transfer energy to each other based on how they collide.

  3. Collision theory - Wikipedia

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    σ AB is the reaction cross section (unit m 2), the area when two molecules collide with each other, simplified to = (+), where r A the radius of A and r B the radius of B in unit m. k B is the Boltzmann constant unit J⋅K −1 .

  4. Thermophoresis - Wikipedia

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    When they collide with the large, slower-moving particles of the tobacco smoke they push the latter away from the rod. The force that has pushed the smoke particles away from the rod is an example of a thermophoretic force, as the mean free path of air at ambient conditions is 68 nm [2] and the characteristic length scales are between 100 ...

  5. Upstream contamination - Wikipedia

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    Particles can climb up the falling water while preparing a mate beverage. Upstream contamination by floating particles is a counterintuitive phenomenon in fluid dynamics . When pouring water from a higher container to a lower one, particles floating in the latter can climb upstream into the upper container.

  6. Molecular diffusion - Wikipedia

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    In the case of an attractive interaction between particles, particles exhibit a tendency to coalesce and form clusters if their concentration lies above a certain threshold. This is equivalent to a precipitation chemical reaction (and if the considered diffusing particles are chemical molecules in solution, then it is a precipitation ).

  7. Cloud chamber - Wikipedia

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    The alcohol falls as it cools down and the cold condenser provides a steep temperature gradient. The result is a supersaturated environment. As energetic charged particles pass through the gas they leave ionization trails. The alcohol vapor condenses around gaseous ion trails left behind by the ionizing particles.

  8. Bottled water is full of plastic particles, new study finds - AOL

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    Woman drinking bottled water. Scientists studying how tiny particles of plastic affect our everyday lives say that the amount of nanoplastics found in bottled water is between 10 to 100 times ...

  9. Brownian motion - Wikipedia

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    While Jan Ingenhousz described the irregular motion of coal dust particles on the surface of alcohol in 1785, the discovery of this phenomenon is often credited to the botanist Robert Brown in 1827. Brown was studying pollen grains of the plant Clarkia pulchella suspended in water under a microscope when he observed minute particles, ejected by ...