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It's used to get the wrinkles out of clothes, so they don't look crumpled up when you put them on. In the 1800's since people didn't have electricity, you had to put a steam iron on a lit stove and wait until the iron was hot enough that it would iron clothes.
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Why does a hot iron help straighten your clothes?
An iron is hot in order to turn the water you put in it into steam. The steam is the key ingredient here. Basically you're making the fabric hot and damp, and using the weight of the iron to flatten out creases. The steam and warmth helps the fabric fibers to relax whatever shape they've gotten bent into.
Why do steam rises from the wet cloths when they are ironed?
the iron is so hot it is making the moisture in the clothes evaporate at a high speed and it produces condensation (steam)
What is function of drum in thermal power plant?
Steam drums are used on recirculating boilers that operate at subcritical pressures. The primary purpose of the steam drum is to separate the saturated steam from the steam-water mixture that leaves the heat transfer surfaces and enters the drum.
Which energy transformation most likely occurs in a steam iron?
Electrical energy changes to heat energy
What is the purpose of the heat in the nuclear power plant?
To boil water into steam to run (turn) turbines.
Iron is to shirt as steam is to?
Iron is to shirt as steam is to pants.
What happens when you mix iron with steam?
Iron is corroded in steam.
When was the steam iron invented?
The standard iron for clothing was created by Henry Seeley in 1882. It was the Eldec Company that created the steam iron in 1926.
Can you steam iron PVC?
no.
What is the steam spray iron?
An iron that uses steam to make to fabric more malleable before heating it to flatten it out
How does iron react with steam when heated?
Fe is the chemical symbol for iron. When iron reacts with steam it corrodes, or rusts.
Definition of an iron horse?
An iron horse is a steam railway locomotive
What is the collective noun for steam engines?
There is no specific collective noun for steam engines, in which case any noun suitable for the context will work; for example a collection of steam engines, a display of steam engines, a museum of steam engines, etc.
Why is it not advisable to use iron in making steam boilers?
iron is rustable and it cannot be used to make steam biolers since steam makes the necessary for rusting available such oxygen and water(moisture)
What is the purpose of a steam trap?
The purpose of a steam trap is discharging noncondensable and condensable gases. They are essentially automatic valves that discharge using a small amount of live steam.
What was an iron horse?
a train (steam locomotive)
What was the steam engine nicknamed?
Iron Horse
