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Why is steam visible?

Updated: 9/15/2023
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Where can you see evaporation?

Steam is a form of visible evaporation.


What makes steam visible to the human eye?

Answer: we are able to see it because the steam is evaporating Answer: Actually, steam is invisible. What we see is small droplets of water, which appear when the steam cools down.


When a kettle is boiling it produces visible steam. What does this steam contain?

Actually, the steam part is not actually steam, but water vapour. If you look closely at a boiling kettle, there is a clear space between the spout and the actual (steam). That clear space is the steam, which is invisible. What appears afterwards is water vapour.


Why steam is sometimes visible as in winter?

Its not, steam and water vapor, both gaseous forms of water, are invisible. Water on earth's surface, below it's surface, or in its atmosphere is only visible in the form of liquid or ice. Its possible that under pressure conditions elsewhere in the universe that gaseous water could be visible.


How can steam come from my mouth from spit?

When the warm air from your lungs meets the very cold air of winter it condenses into visible water vapour. This is the steam you see.


Why does hot water steam when it's thrown out of a cup in a cold temperature?

Hot water always steams, but when it is cold, the steam quickly converts to water droplets, and thus becomes visible. Pure steam is invisible.


Is Water vapor condensed steam.?

Yes. Steam is the gaseous form of water, and it is invisible. When it meets the colder air it starts to condense, and forms water vapour, which is visible.


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Is dry steam visible to the naked eye?

Normally no, but if the steam is at a sufficiently temperature, and being viewed in darkness, then it may display its colour temperature. This can occur with some fumaroles. Technically, steam is the invisible phase of water vapour, but common use accepts the condensate phase, near boiling point, as steam.


Water vapor and steam are the same thing?

Yes, but that stuff you can see isn't steam. Neither steam nor water vapor are visible. The could of white stuff you can see above a boiling kettle is water droplets formed by the condensation of the water vapor/steam as it collides with the cooler air outside the kettle.


How do you find and claim your backpack from your steam account using the source op Team Fortress 2 backpack examiner?

you need to create an account on the Source OP website, then enter your steam id and claim your backpack. this will only work if your backpack is visible within steam


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