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When we condense Vapour it turn into?
Condensation is the change of water from its gaseous form (water vapor) into liquid water. Condensation generally occurs in the atmosphere when warm air rises, cools and looses its capacity to hold water vapor. As a result, excess water vapor condenses to form cloud droplets.
What happens when steam is condensed?
When liquid water solidifies it becomes ice.
What is Vapour condensation?
Condensation is a process where the physical state of the water vapour contained in the air changes from the gas into drops of water appearing on the surfaces that are in touch with the air.
What happens when a substance is condensing?
Condensation is when a gas becomes a liquid. It happens when a gas, like water vapor, cools down. In condensation, matter changes from a gas to a liquid. All matter is made of tiny moving particles called molecules.
How droplets are formed?
When warm air hits the cold surface, it reaches its dew point and condenses. This leaves droplets of water on the glass or can. When a pocket of air becomes full of water vapor, clouds form. Those flat bottoms are where vapor begins to condense into water droplets.
How is liquid produced by condensation?
Why does condensing steam create a vacuum?
When matter turns from its gas phase back into its liquid phase, the molecules take up much less space and exert far less pressure. In fact, the condensing steam creates a partial vacuum—a region of much lower pressure than that of the surrounding atmosphere—inside the bottle.
What is the difference between steam and condensate?
Condensate is the liquid formed when steam passes from the vapor to the liquid state. In a heating process, condensate is the result of steam transferring a portion of its heat energy, known as latent heat, to the product, line, or equipment being heated.
What are the consequence of condensation of water Vapour?
As more water vapor condenses, cloud volume increases, and the chance of precipitation increases. Instability occurs when clouds increase in height and are surrounded by warmer air. These conditions can trigger thunderstorms. Liquid or frozen water falls to the surface as precipitation.
How does the condensation in an evaporative condenser work?
As with separate water- and air-cooled condensers, evaporative condensers reject heat from a condensing vapor into the environment. In an evaporative condenser, hot, low-pressure vapor from the turbine exhaust circulates through a condensing coil that is continually wetted on the outside by a recirculating water system.
Where is the condensing vapor most often found?
The condensing vapor is often an organic compound or mixture and the coolant is most often water, a combination that favors the use of finned tubes. Therefore, the condensing vapor is most frequently placed in the shell (the finned side) and the cooling water, which is usually more prone to fouling, flows in the tubes.
When does water vapour condense onto another surface?
Water vapour will only condense onto another surface when that surface is cooler than the dew point temperature, or when the water vapour equilibrium in air has been exceeded. When water vapour condenses onto a surface, a net warming occurs on that surface.
What causes condensation of water vapor to form microdroplets?
In sharp contrast, we show that the condensation of water vapor in air to form microdroplets on cold surfaces causes the formation of hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2) which we suggest is promoted by the large, intrinsic electric field at the air–water interface.