How does water evaporate when it’s not at its boiling temp?

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Like if I spill water and it’s dry when I come back in a couple hours how did it do that without getting up to its boiling temp?

Is it the same type of thing like when my hair is wet and it’s in the process of drying? Because it isn’t at the 212° F or I’d feel it, right?

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As long as there’s less water in the air than there is in the water it will move to the air, just much more slowly. Biking temp is the temperature that forces water into a vapor gas firm that mixes with air readily. But water can dissolve ivy air at a wide range of temperature. Pressure has a lot to do with it to. The lower the air pressure the more easily water can dissolve into it. That’s why cooking instructions on food boxes have different times for high elevation. Ice can evaporate in an action called sublimation.

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