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A type of air cooler works by blowing air from the room through a sponge soaked in water. Explain how blowing air through a sponge soaked in water lowers the temperature of the air.
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A type of air cooler works by blowing air from the room through

a sponge soaked in water.
Explain how blowing air through a sponge soaked in water lowers
the temperature of the air.

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When the hot air passes through the sponge, the hot air loses heat to the cooler water in the sponge and the temperature of the air decreases. With the presence of wind from blowing the air increases the rate of what transfer.
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