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No, steam is matter: water in its gas state.
However being quite hot steam is emitting far more electromagnetic radiation (in the infrared band) than liquid water does.
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Why is radioactive steam so dangerous?
If the steam is enclosed between two valves and heat is continually added to the steam, the steam will become superheated and the pressure will increase which could cause an overpressure of the pipe.
How are the products of the fission of U-235 transformed into household energy such as electricity?
Nuclear energy creates heat in the fuel, which is transferred to the reactor coolant and then used to produce steam. This is used in a steam turbine to provide mechanical energy which then produces electrical energy in the generator. This is then transferred in high voltage grid lines and transformed down to your house voltage in a local transformer
What creates steam?
Steam boilers create steam.
Is alpha radiation a ionization radiation?
Yes, alpha radiation is an ionizing radiation.
Would you classify radiation as ionizing radiation?
Yes, but there are a number of radiation besides ionizing radiation.
How a campfire and microwave are examples of heat transfer through radiation?
Standing next to a campfire you will be warmed by its radiant heat (IR radiation).However a microwave cooker generates heat by boiling water inside the food, then the steam heats the food by a combination of conduction and convection (not radiation). There is some trivial heating of the microwave cooker's walls by IR radiation from the hot food, but this is so trivial you will not be able to measure it and the steam from the food will still condense on the cold walls (which is transfer through convection and warm them more than the IR radiation did).Note: microwave radiation is NOT thermal radiation (IR radiation) and must be transformed to become heat.
What has the author W D Reece written?
W. D. Reece has written: 'Steam generator group project progress report' -- subject(s): Steam-boilers, Radiation dosimetry
How to calculate Household radiator capacities?
@215 deg/f steam you calculate 240 btu/ ft.sq of radiation
Can a radioactive particle filter be suspended in a plume of radioactive smoke or steam to vacuum and reduce radiation released into the environment during a meltdown?
Yes but it can't stop all radiation going in the atmosphere, it slow slows it down.
How does nuclear power kill you?
Nuclear power itself does not kill you unless there is a steam explosion like at Chernobyl. It is the radiation either from fission products or direct neutron bombardment which will do that, and the effects of excessive radiation are well known and documented.
Why is radioactive steam so dangerous?
If the steam is enclosed between two valves and heat is continually added to the steam, the steam will become superheated and the pressure will increase which could cause an overpressure of the pipe.
Why did a nuclear power plant chooses an egglike shape reactor?
The reactor is not Egg like. It is the Containment area that is egg like, So no steam or nuclear radiation cannot escape.
How are the products of the fission of U-235 transformed into household energy such as electricity?
Nuclear energy creates heat in the fuel, which is transferred to the reactor coolant and then used to produce steam. This is used in a steam turbine to provide mechanical energy which then produces electrical energy in the generator. This is then transferred in high voltage grid lines and transformed down to your house voltage in a local transformer
How are soures of radiation energy used to make electricity?
the radioactive material is used to create a sustained reaction which creates heat. The heat is used to turn water into steam which turns a turbine to generate electricity.
What kills micro-organisms?
Sterilization by various means such as steam sterilization (autoclave), dry heat (hot air oven), radiation (ionising & non-ionising),chemical methods etc. kills microorganisms.
What does a nuclear reactor use to make heat?
The way a reactor works is rods of a radioactive material(say, uranium),are put into a bath of water, the heat from the radioactivity causes the water to vaporize. The steam then runes through wheels, the steam pushes the wheels and the wheels turning is used to generate electricity. But the heat is caused by radiation.
Was there a radiation power plant explosion in the US?
On January 3, 1961 a nuclear reactor located at the Nuclear Reactor Testing Station, near Idaho Falls, ID, suffered a STEAM explosion while undergoing maintenance. While changing control rod motors one control rod was accidently pulled too far out of the reactor. The reactor instantly went critical, super heated the cooling water to steam, and the steam expolded. It was NOT a nuclear explosion. Three Naval personnel were killed. Two died of radiation before they could leave the building, the third was pinned to the roof by a control rod and apparently died immediately.
