The steam is then referred to as superheated steam. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Yes, it is true that a vessel of water heated in a microwave can be superheated, that is, the temperature of the water can be above its spontaneous boiling point. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
If these "superheated" molecules are jarred or disturbed, they will change from water to vapor in an instant, releasing a huge burst of steam, or even a small explosion. From Wordnik.com. [Disinfotainment: BlogTV: Do Not Bite the Exploding Egg] Reference
He said police were operating in a "superheated" political environment in which they feared the consequences of abandoning the probe. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
A growth figure of three percent or less would be grist for the dollar bears "mill, while any hint of the" superheated "seven percent of the last quarter of. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
He just sat there in the superheated car and stared, dazed. From Wordnik.com. [Robert hires a lawyer] Reference
The specific heat of superheated steam will be taken up later. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
T = temperature of superheated steam as determined in the trial. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
Here H = total heat in one pound of superheated steam from the table. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
Malone switched off and took a deep, superheated breath of phone booth air. From Wordnik.com. [Supermind] Reference
When superheated sufficiently, steam delivered by the exhaust will still be dry. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
When it is superheated it is just as dry as air containing the same relative humidity. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
Table 24 gives the properties of superheated steam at various pressures and temperatures. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
The properties of superheated steam approximate those of a perfect gas rather than of a vapor. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
Unemployment is only 6.4 percent and inflation stands at 2.5 percent -- hardly superheated growth. From Wordnik.com. [The Skunk at the Picnic?] Reference
It is in the prime movers that the advantages of the use of superheated steam are most clearly seen. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
For unlike most books about coming of age, this one shuns the superheated angst of the juvenile heart. From Wordnik.com. [An Old Grad Aces The Course] Reference
Besides that, some patients were suffering from internal injuries caused by inhaling superheated gases. From Wordnik.com. [The Night The Music Died] Reference
Sp.Ht. = mean specific heat of superheated steam at the pressure and temperature as found in the trial. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
The heat of evaporation may be supplied either by superheated steam or by steam pipes within the kiln itself. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
It is the illusion caused by superheated steam escaping through a fissure in the rock and dividing the water. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
Sterilisation by means of superheated steam is carried out in a special boiler -- Chamberland's autoclave (Fig. 30). From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
The true economy of the use of superheated steam is best shown in a comparison of the "heat consumption" of an engine. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
The atmosphere at that quarter, being constantly superheated and correspondingly rarified, ascends into the vault above. From Wordnik.com. [Doctor Jones' Picnic] Reference
This method of kiln-drying depends on the maintenance of a high velocity of slightly superheated steam through the lumber. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
The steam delivered was either wet, dry or superheated, according to the rate at which it was being drawn from the boiler. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
Researchers modified a common technique in which diamonds are grown from tiny "seeds" in a superheated high-pressure chamber. From Wordnik.com. [DIAMONDS: ROMANCING THE STONE] Reference
Of course, I do not mean that we need to breathe the superheated atmosphere which foreigners criticise in most American houses. From Wordnik.com. [Girls and Women] Reference
The particles range from the size of a grain of sand to a pea and create white-hot streaks of superheated air when they burn up. From Wordnik.com. [Perseid meteor shower set for shooting stars show over UK skies] Reference
Assuming the specific heat of superheated steam to be 0.47, each pound passing through will be superheated 45.4/0.47 = 96.6 degrees. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
Now, there is a lot of superheated woo-woo wackadoodle written about quantum physics these days, some of it right here in these esteemed pages. From Wordnik.com. [Clay Farris Naff: Sims, Suffering and God: Matrix Theology and the Problem of Evil] Reference
The most active (indeed, one of the world's five most active) is Mount Merapi, which vents ejecta, superheated ash, and steam every 15 minutes on average. From Wordnik.com. [Magma Hunting] Reference
The above estimates are on the basis of a thoroughly dry saturated steam or steam just at the point of being superheated or containing a few degrees of superheat. From Wordnik.com. [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference
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