Question

It's cold outside and you decide to cook some pasta. As you boil the noodles, the kitchen window begins to fog up.
Is this thermal or electromagnetic

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GPT-4o mini
The fogging of the kitchen window as you cook pasta is primarily a result of thermal processes. When you boil the noodles, steam is generated from the boiling water. This steam (water vapor) comes into contact with the cooler surface of the window, causing the water vapor to condense into tiny water droplets, leading to the fogging effect.

In this context, "thermal" refers to the heat transfer processes involved in cooking and the cooling of the window's surface, while "electromagnetic" would pertain to phenomena like light or radiation, which are not the primary factors causing the fogging in this scenario.

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