In a container, as steam condenses the pressure will drop. The steam will stay saturated. This is as long as the container contains steam only. Eventually, as the steam cools and condenses you will be left with a vacuum contains only minimal water vapor.
Sent from mobile > On Jul 22, 2014, at 2:11 PM, Attila Kinali <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, 22 Jul 2014 01:17:03 +0100 > Brian D <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Saturated steam at standard pressure will be exactly 212F, or 100C. > > Stupid question: How to you ensure that the steam is saturated, > while keeping a constant pressure? > > I think just buying some indium off ebay and use that as a melting/freezing > reference is easier than the contraption needed to ensure fully saturated > steam, with a low temperature gradient over the temperature sensor. > > That said. My investigations into stability of PT100 sensors reveal, > that the quality ones can be less than 10mK/year, but hysteresis is > in the same ball park (see [1]). > > > Attila Kinali > > [1] "Long term stability and hysteresis effects in Pt100 sensors > used in industry", by Ljungblad, Holmstein, Josefson, Klevedal, 2013 > > -- > I pity people who can't find laughter or at least some bit of amusement in > the little doings of the day. I believe I could find something ridiculous > even in the saddest moment, if necessary. It has nothing to do with being > superficial. It's a matter of joy in life. > -- Sophie Scholl > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
