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).
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.