On Sun, 04 Mar 2012 01:08:35 +1100, Krypsis >
wrote:



>Think about how water evaporates from a puddle. Do you see clouds of
>fog? No. The puddle of water is not at 100C however water molecules are
>gaining enough energy to escape from the liquid state to the gaseous
>state. They have a lot less energy than the gas evolved at 100C but
>they are still gas. Ergo, rather than use the term steam, I should have
>used the phrase, "H2O in its gaseous state".

Hey, now you are catching on. Calling it steam is spreading
misinformation.