Answer by Emilio Pisanty for How does an earthen pot keep water cool?
Evaporative cooling works by removing the high-velocity tail of the kinetic energy distribution. That is, only the fastest molecules escape the liquid, leaving the rest to thermalize at a lower...
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Imho, this process is driven not by energy considerations but by kinetic considerations. That should be why it naively seems weird that water absorbs heat from a cooler object and evaporates. Note:...
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Latent heat of evaporation cools the pot in the same way it cools your skin. If the pot is then at a lower temperature than the water in it, heat energy will be transfered to the pot from the water in...
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I understand that evaporative cooling takes place thanks to small pores contained in the pot and that allow some water to go through and evaporate. However I couldn't understand clearly whether water...
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