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Why does a liquid’s rate of evaporation increase when the liquid is heated?

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Answer:

liquid’s rate of evaporation increase when the liquid is heated, due to the increase in the kinetic energy of liquid molecules.

Step-by-step explanation:

  • In liquids mostly molecules are attracted to other molecules by the process of Van der Waals attraction or dipole dipole forces like hydrogen bonds in water.
  • These forces are weaker than covelent bonds.
  • As the temperature of a liquid is increased, the kinetic energy of molecules also increases.
  • Which causes the faster movement of molecules, due to this faster movement the weak dipole interactions between molecules breaks.
  • As the interactions breaks, molecules will leave the surface of liquid turning into vapor.
  • Hence by increasing the temperature of liquid the rate of evaporation can also be increased.

User Waseem Sarwar
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the conversion of liquid to vapours is a change in state of a system from one state to other

there are basic two differences between three states of matter

1. thermal energy: gas has highest thermal energy tthen liquid and least us of solids

2. intermolecular forces of attractions

solids have highest intermolecular forces of attraction , then liquid and least in gas

sovas we increase the temperature the forces if attraction decrease s and thermal energy increases.

So when we heat liquid more moleculws gets energised attaining thermal motion in the range of gas thus the rate if evaporation increases.