Would evaporation happen faster in a thick liquid? Explain.

Evaporation would happen slower in a thick liquid as compared to a thin liquid.

The property of a liquid that makes it thick is viscosity. Viscosity is resistance to flow. It's caused by friction within the liquid due to cohesion between the molecules.

When comparing liquids, one that is thicker, or more viscous, is also less volatile, meaning that it evaporates more slowly. Viscosity and volatility are caused by the same phenomenon, intermolecular attractions. The...

Evaporation would happen slower in a thick liquid as compared to a thin liquid.

The property of a liquid that makes it thick is viscosity. Viscosity is resistance to flow. It's caused by friction within the liquid due to cohesion between the molecules.

When comparing liquids, one that is thicker, or more viscous, is also less volatile, meaning that it evaporates more slowly. Viscosity and volatility are caused by the same phenomenon, intermolecular attractions. The cohesion between particles in a viscous liquid is due to strong attractions between them. Volatile liquids have weaker attractions between the particles.

The vapor pressure of a substance gives an indication of its volatility. Vapor pressure is the pressure exerted by a vapor at the surface of its liquid phase when the two phases are in equilibrium. Vapor pressure depends on temperature and atmospheric pressure. At the same temperature and pressure a substance with a higher vapor pressure evaporates more easily, meaning that particles escape into the gas phase more readily. This is volatility. A viscous or thick substance has a lower vapor pressure because its strong intermolecular attractions keep the molecules from evaporating as easily.