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In a surprising finding, light can make water evaporate without heat (news.mit.edu)

submitted 1 year ago by m3t00 to c/science

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[–] Fedizen 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

is this analogous to the photoelectric effect?

[–] m3t00 3 points 1 year ago

photoelectric effect?

looks similar. pe frees electrons while this experiment frees h2o molecules. they didn't really speculate on the exact mechanism. only something to do with the gel medium