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Latest comment: 1 year ago by -sche in topic RFV discussion: August 2023–January 2024

RFV discussion: August 2023–January 2024

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I can only find this hyphenated (evapo-condensation), any evidence of this without hyphen? - TheDaveRoss 14:46, 28 August 2023 (UTC)Reply

Cited. Einstein2 (talk) 08:05, 12 October 2023 (UTC)Reply
Passed, to the extent that the RFV was mainly concerned with the spelling. It's hard to tell precisely what is meant by the cites, but the definition we have is plausible. One paper says "Evapoconcentration (or evapocondensation) is a method of concentrating a solution by boiling the more volatile solvent, typically water." but this seems to be merely a specific type of "evapocondensation = evaporation and condensation" (being used to basically distill something), rather than evapocondensation inherently referring only to that specific thing; another paper says "Evapocondensation is strictly dependent upon ventilation: condensation typically occurs during summer, while the winter current change brings about an..." and does not seem to be referring to distillation. - -sche (discuss) 07:45, 21 January 2024 (UTC)Reply