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Actually, everything fogs up. You just can see it better on the mirror. When you take a hot shower, it produces steam and this steam will rise in the room and then cool off and descend to the ground. As it moves, it sticks to all solid surfaces, the walls, cieling, the sink, the toilet, etc., leaving a layer of moisture on everything. Its just more evident on the mirror or a window.

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Moisture in your breathe. It's also a good way to tell if someone else is breathing or not

when you breathe out, you are exhaling millions of water vapour molecules. these water vapour molecules are quite warm because they came from your body and your body is warm (98.6)

when you breathe out in front of a mirror or glass, the mirror is much cooler than the air, and the water vapour gas condenses on the mirror or glass to give tiny droplets of water that cause the mirror to fog up.

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Part of the water vapor evaporates and atomizes in the air during bathing, when the water vapor encounters the cold mirror, it will condense into fog. You can buy a bathroom mirror with anti-fog function online, this can avoid mirror atomization and affect the use. If you are in Germany, you can try to buy a bathroom mirror on this website. >> Google search"emke online".

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The mirror is cooler than the air. Moisture in the warm air contacts the cooler mirror and condenses on the mirror.

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The water particles on the surface of the mirror evaporate into the air.

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When a bathroom mirror fogs, it is because the steam in the air cools when it comes in contact with the cold mirror. This is condensation as the water moves from gas to liquid.

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because the hot air in the shower condenses on your mirror because the air is cooler and cant hold as much water

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condensation

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No. The steam from a hot shower fogs the mirror.


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Actually, everything fogs up. You just can see it better on the mirror. When you take a hot shower, it produces steam and this steam will rise in the room and then cool off and descend to the ground. As it moves, it sticks to all solid surfaces, the walls, cieling, the sink, the toilet, etc., leaving a layer of moisture on everything. Its just more evident on the mirror or a window.