Why do we say that evaporation is a surface phenomenon?

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Evaporation takes place at surface and below the boiling point. The surface atoms or molecules gains energy from surroundings and overcome the attractions of other molecules & get to vapourise.
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Evaporation is defined as phenomenon in which surface particles of liquid absorb energy from bulk particles and other surrounding particles and gets converted to gaseous state at a temperature below the boiling point of the liquid. As only surface particles are involved in evaporation it is a surface...
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Evaporation is defined as phenomenon in which surface particles of liquid absorb energy from bulk particles and other surrounding particles and gets converted to gaseous state at a temperature below the boiling point of the liquid. As only surface particles are involved in evaporation it is a surface phenomenon. read less
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