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In a surprising finding, light can make water evaporate without heat (news.mit.edu)
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[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

is this analogous to the photoelectric effect?

[-] m3t00@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months 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

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