Answer to Question #301441 in General Chemistry for grey tyrant

Question

Answer the following question and identify the property of water that explains why:

1. There is a large drop in temperature during evaporation.

Answer 1

Evaporating water draws latent heat of vaporization from water, container and surrounding space.

Since water has a very high latent heat of vaporization, there is a large drop in temperature during evaporation.