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What produces condensation?

Updated: 9/16/2023
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As the temperature of a volume of air decreases, the ability of the air to sustain a vaporous mixture of H2O decreases. When the moisture content of the air is higher than that which can be sustained by the temperature and pressure of the air, clusters of H2O molecules begin to form. As they gain in mass and size they drop to the ground and condense as moisture. They will also become more stationary as they lose kinetic energy, and more likely to cling to any surface they contact that is thermodynamically absorbent, such as a cold surface. The "dew point" as this is called is also dependent on pressure.

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