Does water evaporate on the international space station?
In: Physics
If you mean in the way of boiling by itself:
No, the thing of evaporating without heat is because of pressure. Because the iss has approximately the same pressure as on earth, this doesn’t happen.
If you mean when cooked:
The problem here would be that the water couldn’t be uniformly warmed, atleast with a normal cooker. The hot water wouldn’t rise from the bottom.
If you mean in the way of evaporating from a lake:
Probably yes but rather small amounts. I’m assuming you would need some airflow for that, but that would only be provided by crew members flying by.
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