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Can sand evaporate in water

Updated: 8/10/2023
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Salt is dissolved in the water so when we heat it the water evaporates leaving salt below. Salt water can't evaporate. However, the water fraction of it can, and often does, but then the salt (Sodium Chloride, NaCl), is left behind. A look at the Utah salt flats shows what it looks like when it's left. This can happen when a large inland sea is then cut off from the sea, and the water is evaporated over time, leaving behind a salt lake. These can then become buried by sediment and become a certain type of rock called "evaporites", so called because the water evaporated and left a mineral 'deposit'.

A lot of the water vapour in the atmosphere is evaporated sea water, and if you watch the evolution of a hurricane for instance, you will see that the system builds over water as it collects water vapour, then dissipates over land.

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7y ago

No, because sand is not soluble in water.

But depending on the type of the sand (chemical composition) the sand is soluble in acids as HF, HCl.

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Yes, it is mostly silicone dioxide, sillica's melting point is 2,912°F or 1,600°C

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Sort of :) The salt does not evaporate, but the water does. It just leaves the salt behind.

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Sand does not evaporate with the water it will simply be left behind.

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Sand is not evaporated.

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Yes

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