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Does steam gain or lose energy when it condenses to form water?
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What provides the energy to make water change its state in the water cycle?
The sun evaporates water, which condenses onto dust particles to make clouds, which precipitates to form rain
How is energy transferred in a furnace?
Most furnaces burn some kind of fuel. The fuel (wood, oil, coal, etc) contains chemical energy bound up in its molecular structure. Oxygen from the air is combined with the fuel and breaks old chemical bonds to form new chemical bonds with less energy. The extra energy is released as heat and light.
How does energy change when you turn the kettle on?
The evaporation of water by boiling is the transfer of thermal energy (radiation or convection) to the molecules which form water vapor. The energy is the same, but it changes from kinetic to potential energy. As the water vapor gives up heat by conduction in the air, the water again condenses (dew, rain, ice, snow).
What is the gaseous state of H2O?
The gaseous state of water is invisible and is called water vapor.However, steam is not a gas: it is tiny droplets of liquid water. If you look at a tea kettle that is boiling, you will see a jet of steam coming from the spout. If you look closer at the spout, you will see that the first inch or two of the jet coming out is invisible. This is the water vapor, which then cools slightly as it reaches the ambient air and condenses into the very fine (and very hot) liquid water droplets of steam.
Why does you see steam when you take out anything from deep freezer?
What you see is not steam. It's better to call it fog ... a cloud of tiny water droplets in the air. They form around anything cold, for the same reason that mist condenses and collects on a cold glass of soda or a cold mirror, and that you see your breath outside on a cold day. The cold object cools the air around it, whereupon the ability of the chilled air to hold water vapor is reduced, and some of the water vapor condenses out of the air, into the liquid state.
Scientific name for steam to water?
Actually steam is water. Just tiny tiny droplets of water. But the answer I think you're looking for is condensation which is the process of water vapor (not steam) which is a gas cools down and condenses into water.
What happens when steam from a kettle or hot shower touches a cool tile or mirror in what way is water changing its state?
The steam condenses to form water droplets on the cooler surface.
How does steam make a cake lighter?
It tends to, yes. But if the steam condenses onto the cake (in the form of water when cooled), then it will actually make the cake a bit heavier.
What is the steam being given off when water boils?
It's water vapour at first, water in it's gaseous form. It then condenses in the cooler air a bit later on as steam clouds - the droplets of water are formed.
What does steam means?
the water is evaporating!STEAM:1.water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.2.water changed to this form by boiling, extensively used for the generation of mechanical power, for heating purposes, etc.3.the mist formed when the gas or vapor from boiling water condenses in the air.4.an exhalation of a vapor or mist.5.Informal . power or energy.
What form of energy from the burning of refuse changes water into steam?
Heat energy.
In order for water as steam to become water as liquid it has to?
undergo the process of condensation. This occurs when the water vapor cools and loses energy, causing the molecules to come together and form liquid water droplets. Condensation can happen when steam comes into contact with a cooler surface, such as when steam from a shower condenses on a bathroom mirror.
Does water gain or lose energy as it evaporates to form steam?
It's energy doesn'tchange.
Which has the most energy particles in steam particles in liquid water particles in ice or particles in freezing water?
The particles have most energy in particles in steam. In a gas. the particles move more freely, Therefore, there is more energy in the steam. :D LOL
Why do water droplets form on a lid when boiling water?
The lid is cooler than the steam (water vapor) produced by boiling the water. When the water vapor contacts that cooler surface, it condenses into liquid water.
What happens when steam hits a cold surface?
It really depends on the temperature of the steam and temperature of the cold surface. 250 degree steam hitting a 50 or 60 degree surface will just turn back into water and droplets can be seen almost immediately. 1000+ degree steam hitting a frozen surface may cause a loud bang and eventually turn back into water.
What happens when water changes from a liquid into a gas?
Evaporation
