
Originally Posted by
swellin
This is a stretch for an analogy...but here goes......
Imagine a swimming pool with the bottom partially covered in rubbing alcohol. Now, only the alcohol on the surface will evaporate, during a given period of time. If you add more alcohol...you will add more surface area...meaning even a larger amount will evaporate over the same amount of time. It is not the swimming pool getting rid of the alcohol; connversely, it is the interaction of the alcohol with its environment that eliminates the alcohol.
That made perfect sense in my head...it is probably trash on paper.