Evaporation vs boiling
Matter and Its States · Chemistry
Study notes
Two identical wet shirts: one spread out on a line, one crumpled in a ball. Which dries faster and why? Step 1: Drying is evaporation from the surface. Step 2: The spread shirt has a much larger exposed surface area. Step 3: More surface → more particles can escape at once. Step 4: The crumpled shirt's inner layers stay damp longer. Answer: The spread-out shirt dries faster because evaporation rate increases with surface area.