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unclepaprika t1_j5wiewo wrote

Reply to comment by BuffaloBoyHowdy in How hot is the steam coming out of nuclear power plants? by ivy-claw

2 steps forward, 1 step back. Didn't we just establish that steam IS water vapor?

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lurkandpounce t1_j5ym84p wrote

Steam is water in a gaseous form and invisible.

Water vapor is made up of water droplets that are so light they are carried by the air currents.

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BuffaloBoyHowdy t1_j5zc5xr wrote

Steam is water vapor; water vapor is not steam. A square is a rectangle; a rectangle is not a square. Both are parallelagrams; but a parallelagram isn't a square or a rectangle. A thumb is a finger but a finger is not a thumb. Things are just like that sometimes.

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