Stephen A. Lawrence <[email protected]> wrote:
> The kettle is still filled with water vapor -- "dry steam" -- and the > pressure inside is still 1 atmosphere, give or take a few millibars. > > What temperature do you suppose the steam inside the kettle is at? > Could this be -- gasp! -- an example of superheated steam at 1 atmosphere?? > > Darn right. > Nope. It is 100 deg C. This is well established. The only way you can raise the temperature is to pressurize it. It does not matter what the temperature of kettle surface is. - Jed
