What is Evaporation?
Chemistry
Level
2
True or False?
Definition Evaporation: the process which occurs whenever a liquid changes its state to become a gas
True
False
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1 solution
The general change in state from liquid to gas is called vaporization.
Evaporation is a type of vaporization. (The other type is boiling.)
Therefore it is not "whenever" a liquid changes its state to become a gas.