BubbaBob wrote:
> Richard Periut > wrote:
>
>
>>Water exists in 3 forms: Solid = ice, water = liquid, vapor =
>>gas. The condensation of this gas is steam which is visible.
>>
>>Rich
>>
>
>
> Wrong again. Water vapor is in the liquid phase. The gaseous phase is
> steam. The recondensate of steam is water vapor or non-vaporous
> water, depending on the adiabatics.
>

From a scientific point of view, that is correct. But the words are
used to denote other meanings. Thus, you'd have to correct every person
that walks this earth and uses the word steam to denote the visible
condensate of steam.

That's a hell of a lot of people.

Rich

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