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There are vapor trails and contrails. For contrails, it's the same process that forms clouds. Hot air from airplane engine exhaust heats the cold air of the atmosphere condensing any moisture present in the form of a cloud which trails out from the rear of the engine. Contrails form most often when aircraft are at extreme altitudes where the temperature year round is below freezing. Vapor trails can form at the wingtips at low altitudes during times of high humidity if the aircraft is traveling fast enough to form a vortex which accelerates the air flowing over the wing in a concentrated area at the tip - cooling the air as it does so. Carburetors on aircraft with internal combustion engines see the same process in that they have a tube that begins wide and ends narrow which accelerates the air/gas mixture flowing through the throat of the carb (Venturi effect). This would result in carburetor icing and starve the engine for fuel requiring a device (dubbed Carburetor Heat) be employed to direct hot exhaust to the outside of the carb to warm it sufficiently to prevent ice formation.

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What does water vapour means?

Water vapor is the gas form of water, typically formed when liquid water evaporates or sublimates. It is colorless, odorless, and plays a crucial role in Earth's water cycle, as it can condense to form clouds and precipitation.


What does vapor mean in the water cycle?

In the water cycle, vapor refers to the gaseous state of water when it evaporates into the atmosphere from bodies of water like oceans, lakes, or rivers. Vapor can condense back into liquid form to form clouds or precipitation, completing the water cycle.


When water vapor in the atmosphere cool's it may form?

Rain is formed when water vapour cools.


what form in the sky when water vapour condenses into water droplets are?

When water vapour condenses into water droplets during rain it absorbs heat thus making the environment cool. Why so? - Quora When water vapour condenses into water droplets during rain it absorbs heat thus making the environment cool. Why so? Spandan Mallick, Save Water... save life!


Why do clouds form when air rises?

As air rises, it cools adiabatically. This is the result of less pressure being applied to a parcel of air as it rises in altitude (as there is less air pressing down above it). As the air cools, its capacity to suspend water vapour decreases, and it may approach one hundred percent relative humidity, also known as dew point. Dew point is the temperature at which water vapour will condense in air at a given pressure. The condensed water vapour will form clouds, which may cause precipitation.

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What is the name of the fume like seen in the air when a jet flies?

Contrails or vapour trails.


Why do fighter jets have vapour trails?

All aircraft engines emit hot air and they are usually flying in very cold air, so the hot air appears as a vapour trail.


What is the verb form of vapour?

The verb form of "vapour" is often "vaporize", which means to convert or be converted into vapor.


What do you call the long streams jet planes leave in the sky?

Contrails (short for "condensation trails") or vapour trails are artificial clouds that are the visible trails of condensed water vapour made by the exhaust of aircraft engines. As the hot exhaust gases cool in the surrounding air they may precipitate a cloud of microscopic water droplets. If the air is cold enough, this trail will comprise tiny ice crystals.


How does plants helps in rains?

plants release extra water in the form of water vapour from small holes of their leaves known as stomata ,that water vapour rises in the atmosphere in the form of clouds and that water vapour returns to earth in form of rain .


Is water vapor in the solid form?

No, water vapour is not in the solid form. Water vapour is the gas form of water and is represented chemically as H2O(g) where the (g) stands for gas.


What is a chemtrail?

A chemtrail is a conspiracy theory that suggests that the white lines seen behind planes in the sky are chemical or biological agents deliberately sprayed for sinister purposes. However, the scientific community has debunked these claims, explaining that these trails are actually contrails - condensation trails that form when water vapor from aircraft engines freezes in high-altitude, cold air.


What is the plural of trails?

The plural form of the singular noun "trail" is "trails".The word "trail" is also a verb: trail, trails, trailing, trailed.


What happens to steam before it becomes water vapour?

Steam is water vapour - just a very hot form of it.


Gaseous form of water is called?

water vapour


When water evaporates what does it form?

Water vapour, and then clouds.