Exploring the States of Steam

wet steam, dry saturated steam, superheated steam

a two phase mixture of entrained water molecule and steam in thermal equilibrium at the saturation temperature corresponding to a given pressure

a measure of the quality of wet steam, indicating the proportion of steam to entrained water molecules

<p>when water is heated beyond its saturation state at constant pressure, and starts to evaporate, but some water molecules are still suspended in the steam</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>they are at saturation temperature and have not yet absorbed the latent heat to evaporate into steam</p> Signup and view all the answers