Question

How can liquid water become hot enough to alter the chemistry of a rock without vaporizing?

Answer 1

Cool the water down or limit its exposure to heat by keeping it in the shade, adding ice or cooling with refrigerated pipes. This lowers the kinetic energy available to the water molecules, which slows the evaporation rate.

Answer 2

As a liquid is heated, its molecules absorb heat and move faster. When the liquid starts to boil, bubbles of vapor form within the liquid and rise to the surface. The temperature that causes this to happen is known as the boiling point of a liquid. There are two key differences between evaporation and boiling.

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