mekkaokereke,
@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io avatar

Earth science fail! I always thought clothes dryers blew hot air because the warmer temperatures made the water in the clothes evaporate faster.🤦🏿‍♂️

I never even thought about it.

Warmer air can hold so much more water than cooler air. So warming the air puts it further away from its maximum saturation point for evaporation, which speeds up the drying. Clothes temperature has little to do with it.

Just realizing this after reading some climate change / wet bulb temperature / flooding stuff.

HeartyBeast,
@HeartyBeast@kbin.social avatar

@mekkaokereke So in fact, the warmer temperatures does make the water in the clothes evaporate faster - you've just explained why.

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