Which of the following does not decrease rate of vaporazation?

Question

a) increasing mass of molecule

b) closing container lid

c) decreasing surface area

d) increasing forces between molecules

e) decreasing temperature

I need brief reasoning as well

Answer 1

I'm not 100% certain, but, I would say e :  as long as you don't lower the temp below the boiling point, decreasing it won't decrease the rate of vaporization.

a - increasing size of molecule increases the weight and increases the energy required for vaporization

b - closing the container lid would cause solution that does vaporize to condense and fall back into the solution

c - decreasing the surface area decreases the absorbing heat energy for vaporization and decreases the area from which molecules can be vaporized

d - increasing forces between the molecules would increase the energy required to separate the molecules making vaporization more difficult