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steam
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thumb|Liquid phase eruption of Castle Geyser in [[Yellowstone Park]]
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Types of steam and conversions
- Uses
- Agricultural
- Domestic
- Electricity generation (and co-generation)
- Energy storage
- Mechanical effort
- Sterilization
- Steam in piping
- Industrial Processes
- Cleaning
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Liquid phase eruption of Castle Geyser in [[Yellowstone Park]]
Steam is water vapor, often mixed with air and/or an aerosol of liquid water droplets. This may occur by evaporation or by boiling, where heat is applied until water reaches the enthalpy of vaporization. Superheated or saturated steam is invisible; however, wet steam, a visible mist or aerosol of water droplets, is often referred to as "steam".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “steam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.