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When, some drops of nail polish remover fall on your palm, the cooling sensation is a result of which of the following phenomenon:

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 3

Option 1 -> Perspiration is the process of sweating from your body, not related to external substances like nail polish remover.

Option 2 -> Precipitation refers to rain, snow, or hail falling from clouds, completely unrelated to this situation.

Option 3 -> Evaporation is when the liquid nail polish remover converts to vapor, absorbing heat energy from your skin in the process, creating a cooling sensation.

Option 4 -> Condensation is vapor turning into liquid (opposite of evaporation), which is not occurring here.


Hence, Option 3: Evaporation -> Nail polish remover contains volatile solvents like acetone that evaporate rapidly. During evaporation, these molecules absorb heat from your skin to change from liquid to gas phase, removing thermal energy from your palm and producing the characteristic cooling effect -> correct

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