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yeow, are we having fun yet? Frobnitzem 13:35, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
In the figure caption:
What is this referring to? It's a curve on the temperature-pressure axes. If it's referring to expansion of ice as it cools from 0 to -4°C, what does that mean in terms of pressure? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.253.44.20 ( talk) 10:28, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
Most examples of vapour used in common parlance are actually aerosols. Mist, Fog and Water Vapour over a kettle are all liquid water. I'm planning on adding to the lead a sentence about this disparity in usage. Sources I'm considering (will add more as I find)
Oxford Dictionary A substance diffused or suspended in the air, especially one normally liquid or solid: dense clouds of smoke and toxic vapour
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19:27, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
6. a. The vapour into which water is converted when heated. In popular language, applied to the visible vapour which floats in the air in the form of a white cloud or mist, and which consists of minute globules or vesicles of liquid water suspended in a mixture of gaseous water and air. (Also sometimes applied to the vapour arising from other liquids when heated.) In modern scientific and technical language, applied only to water in the form of an invisible gas. The invisible ‘steam’, in the modern scientific sense, is, when its temperature is lowered, converted into the white vapour called ‘steam’ in popular language, and this under continued cooling, becomes ‘water’ in the liquid form. dry steam, in Steam-engine working, steam containing no suspended vesicles of water: opposed to wet steam.
I agree with this person. There should be two completely different definitions given here. If the strict scientific definition of vapor is being used, the pictures of aerosols should be taken down. Amulekii ( talk) 05:05, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
on the main photo link to "equilibrium" redirects to page of "nitrogen dioxide" i suggest fixing this bug
For fog, cloud, steam and mist formation either water is aerosolized from liquid or vapor is condensed on seed particles at a low temperature. Last edit is misleading since mechanism isn't fully explained and might cause people to think mist and vapor is the same thing. Vapournotgas ( talk) 13:03, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
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yeow, are we having fun yet? Frobnitzem 13:35, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
In the figure caption:
What is this referring to? It's a curve on the temperature-pressure axes. If it's referring to expansion of ice as it cools from 0 to -4°C, what does that mean in terms of pressure? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.253.44.20 ( talk) 10:28, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
Most examples of vapour used in common parlance are actually aerosols. Mist, Fog and Water Vapour over a kettle are all liquid water. I'm planning on adding to the lead a sentence about this disparity in usage. Sources I'm considering (will add more as I find)
Oxford Dictionary A substance diffused or suspended in the air, especially one normally liquid or solid: dense clouds of smoke and toxic vapour
SPACKlick (
talk)
19:27, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
6. a. The vapour into which water is converted when heated. In popular language, applied to the visible vapour which floats in the air in the form of a white cloud or mist, and which consists of minute globules or vesicles of liquid water suspended in a mixture of gaseous water and air. (Also sometimes applied to the vapour arising from other liquids when heated.) In modern scientific and technical language, applied only to water in the form of an invisible gas. The invisible ‘steam’, in the modern scientific sense, is, when its temperature is lowered, converted into the white vapour called ‘steam’ in popular language, and this under continued cooling, becomes ‘water’ in the liquid form. dry steam, in Steam-engine working, steam containing no suspended vesicles of water: opposed to wet steam.
I agree with this person. There should be two completely different definitions given here. If the strict scientific definition of vapor is being used, the pictures of aerosols should be taken down. Amulekii ( talk) 05:05, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
on the main photo link to "equilibrium" redirects to page of "nitrogen dioxide" i suggest fixing this bug
For fog, cloud, steam and mist formation either water is aerosolized from liquid or vapor is condensed on seed particles at a low temperature. Last edit is misleading since mechanism isn't fully explained and might cause people to think mist and vapor is the same thing. Vapournotgas ( talk) 13:03, 6 May 2021 (UTC)