m3t00🌎M to scienceEnglish • 1 year agoIn a surprising finding, light can make water evaporate without heatnews.mit.eduexternal-linkmessage-square38arrow-up1114arrow-down15cross-posted to: technology[email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1109arrow-down1external-linkIn a surprising finding, light can make water evaporate without heatnews.mit.edum3t00🌎M to scienceEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square38cross-posted to: technology[email protected][email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 year agoNo they literally state more water was evaporated than heat energy from the light could do by up to 3 times.
minus-square@surewhynotlemlink0•1 year agoThat’s assuming some definition of heat that requires light absorbtion. This is still heat, because all motion of atoms is heat.
No they literally state more water was evaporated than heat energy from the light could do by up to 3 times.
That’s assuming some definition of heat that requires light absorbtion. This is still heat, because all motion of atoms is heat.