It is true that the salt does not evaporate into the air. But weather events result in sea water mist in the air at times. The mist, which is water droplets picked up from the sea surface by wind, not evaporation, contains sea salts. The smell that people associate with the sea is not salt, but the organics in the mist, and organics from muds, sands, plants, and sea weeds exposed at low tide. On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 8:25 PM OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote: > On 30 Jun , 2019, at 6:36 PM, Richard Koerner wrote: > > > I live near the ocean (salty air) in San Diego > > RK > > That Air may Smell Salty but it Is Not Actually Salty ~ The Salt > in Ocean Water Stays > > in the Ocean Water & does not Evaporate into "SeaAir" ~ |
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