" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message
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"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:55:20 -0400, "RCE" wrote:



Steam is a gas and behaves as such. Water vapor is not a gas.


You guys may be entirely correct, but if so, I can't confirm it by any
source available to me.....


Steam is certainly not a gas. Gasses exist as such at normal temperature
and pressure.

Steam is a vapor emitted from water at it's boiling point.


Disagree. Steam is certainly considered a gas *because* it generally
follows gas rules.
Steam is invisible. You can't see it. The clouds of bellowing white stuff
that is commonly but incorrectly referred to as "steam" is really condensing
water vapor.

Steam is *not* a vapor emitted from water at it's boiling point. That's
condensing water vapor.

Simple explanation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam

RCE

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