Why mist can contain salt (salt mist) but water vapor does not (desalination via distillation)?

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Why mist can contain salt (salt mist) but water vapor does not (desalination via distillation)?

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Salt mist as in sea mist is literally tiny drops of sea water splashing into the air, so it contains everything from the sea, including the salts. Water vapour is evaporated, the water boils into a gas and then condenses onto a cooler surface or in the cooler air, so it is chemically pure h2o.