Vapour vs. Vapor

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  • Vapour

    In physics a vapor (American) or vapour (British and Canadian) is a substance in the gas phase at a temperature lower than its critical temperature, which means that the vapor can be condensed to a liquid by increasing the pressure on it without reducing the temperature. A vapor is different from an aerosol. An aerosol is a suspension of tiny particles of liquid, solid, or both within a gas.

    For example, water has a critical temperature of 647 K (374 °C; 705 °F), which is the highest temperature at which liquid water can exist. In the atmosphere at ordinary temperatures, therefore, gaseous water (known as water vapor) will condense into a liquid if its partial pressure is increased sufficiently.

    A vapor may co-exist with a liquid (or a solid). When this is true, the two phases will be in equilibrium, and the gas-partial pressure will be equal to the equilibrium vapor pressure of the liquid (or solid).

  • Vapor

    In physics a vapor (American) or vapour (British and Canadian) is a substance in the gas phase at a temperature lower than its critical temperature, which means that the vapor can be condensed to a liquid by increasing the pressure on it without reducing the temperature. A vapor is different from an aerosol. An aerosol is a suspension of tiny particles of liquid, solid, or both within a gas.

    For example, water has a critical temperature of 647 K (374 °C; 705 °F), which is the highest temperature at which liquid water can exist. In the atmosphere at ordinary temperatures, therefore, gaseous water (known as water vapor) will condense into a liquid if its partial pressure is increased sufficiently.

    A vapor may co-exist with a liquid (or a solid). When this is true, the two phases will be in equilibrium, and the gas-partial pressure will be equal to the equilibrium vapor pressure of the liquid (or solid).

Wikipedia
  • Vapour (noun)

    Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.

  • Vapour (noun)

    The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.

  • Vapour (noun)

    Wind; flatulence.

  • Vapour (noun)

    Something unsubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.

  • Vapour (noun)

    Hypochondria; melancholy; the blues; hysteria, or other nervous disorder.

  • Vapour (noun)

    Any medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapour.

  • Vapour (verb)

    To become vapour; to be emitted or circulated as vapour.

  • Vapour (verb)

    To turn into vapour.

    “to vapour away a heated fluid”

  • Vapour (verb)

    To use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster.

  • Vapour (verb)

    To emit vapour or fumes.

  • Vapor (noun)

    Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.

  • Vapor (noun)

    The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.

  • Vapor (verb)

    To become vapor; to be emitted or circulated as vapor.

  • Vapor (verb)

    To turn into vapor.

  • Vapor (verb)

    To use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster.

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