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Evaporative Cooling<br />

• Evaporation is transformation of a substance from<br />

liquid to gas<br />

• Heat of vaporization is the heat a liquid must<br />

absorb for 1 g to be converted to gas<br />

• As a liquid evaporates, its remaining surface<br />

cools, a process called evaporative cooling<br />

• Evaporative cooling of water helps stabilize<br />

temperatures in organisms and bodies of water<br />

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