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Re:In a surprising finding, light can make water evaporate w... by foota on Thursday November 02, 2023 @07:11PM (#38121742)
What happens if the air is saturated? Does the molecule clump just settle back down where it came from, or would it stay suspended somehow in the air (mist?)?

Alternatively, I wonder if this could be used as a super swamp cooler, I'm picture water dripping or flowing from a tube, a laser causing it to "burst apart", and then the droplets formed rapidly cooling the surroundings due to their surface area.

Re:In a surprising finding, light can make water evaporate w... by smolder on Saturday November 04, 2023 @05:15AM (#38139318)
It's possible we could improve swamp cooling with this, as with desalination, though in general you want to avoid putting energy into the system, I think. Powering a laser might overcome the benefits... unless you shot lasers in from outside? Even so, it might be best to use natural light for such a system.