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प्रश्न
Why does evaporation cool a liquid ?
उत्तर
Evaporation cools the surroundings and the rest of the liquid because when a liquid evaporates, it takes up the latent heat of vaporisation from the surroundings and the rest of the liquid present below the surface with which, it is in contact.
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