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IT is clear from Dr. Vernon's and from Dr. Macaulay's observations that a variety of surface contaminants can give rise to an apparently heavy ‘adsorption’ of water vapour. We should expect this to be so since any hygroscopic substance will take up water in this way, and the results quoted are in harmony with our experiments. We find, for example, that if clean metal surfaces are washed with tap water and then dried, there is a large increase in weight when they are exposed to water vapour well below its saturation pressure.
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BOWDEN, F., THROSSELL, W. Adsorption of Water Vapour on Solid Surfaces. Nature 167, 1038 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/1671038b0
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