Josh: "I don't think you read what I wrote." Maybe I didn't get it, Josh. I'll try to get back. My poor brain is too fried at this time.
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 6:59 AM, Joshua Cude <joshua.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 5:48 AM, Damon Craig <decra...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I think I'll have to take this one step at a time. >> >> Do you all realize that you could swim up into the sky in >> steam containing 90% by mass water? >> > > I don't think you read what I wrote. The density of water vapor at 100C is > 1700 times lower than that of liquid water. That means that even steam that > has 97% liquid by mass in it has a density 50 times less than water. You > can't swim in that. > > Steam that is 90% liquid by mass is 99.4% vapor by volume. That means the > density is about 200 times less than water. You see, density involves mass > and volume, and very wet steam is still mostly vapor by volume. > > Think about that before you make ridiculous comments about buoyancy. > >
