Eli5: Does hotter temperatures evaporate water faster when cooking?

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If I put a cup of water in an oven proof container and boil it in an oven at 400 degrees, and then do it with an oven at 500 degrees,

Will the hotter oven evaporate the water faster?

My thought is it will all evaporate at 212 but the hotter oven would make it to 212 faster. Aside from that, would a hotter temp make it happen faster if all other things were equal?

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The water will reach the boiling point and stay at exactly there regardless of how hot the environment is. Cranking up the heat just makes it boil faster, but the water itself doesn’t go past 100C until it’s been vaporized.

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