The process of evaporation of a liquid is accompanied by an increase in enthalpy as heat energy is absorbed from the surroundings, and an increase in entropy because the vapor state has more disorder than the liquid state. Additionally, evaporation causes cooling of the remaining liquid since the most energetic molecules escape, lowering the average kinetic energy and temperature. This process involves the absorption of energy (latent heat of vaporization) and an increase in molecular disorder (entropy) during the transition from liquid to vapor.
