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Why is water evaporated from the ocean not salty?

I am wondering about this. When salty water in the ocean evaporates we are getting the clean distilled water. Why is that? I was trying to think on this and maybe the comparative size/mass of water molecules to the size of different salts molecules plays a role here, but it is not likely. The size/mass of e.g. alcohol molecules is much higher but they still evaporate quite well. Could you explain intuitively?