Factors that increase the rate of evaporation include increased surface area, increased temperature, increased wind speed, and decreased humidity.
Rate of evaporation increases with
Asked in UPSC CDS 2 2019 · Topic: Heat and Thermodynamics (Modes of Heat Transfer (Conduction, Convection, Radiation))
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