water-vapour

New Scientist Breaking News - Watery atmosphere discovered on Saturn's moon: Saturn's snow-white moon, Enceladus, is shrouded by a thin water-vapour atmosphere, reveal measurements from the US-European Cassini spacecraft.

Archive 2006-03-05 Bill Crider 2006

The study was motivated by the European Space Agency ESA, which was concerned that the uncertainty in water-vapour data was preventing important information on trace molecules in the atmosphere from being obtained.

Water Vapor #1 « Climate Audit 2005

A wind, almost cold, blew down the hillside and swept a cloud of dust and fine water-vapour before it.

Burmese Days 2002

Although water vapour contributes the largest part of the natural greenhouse effect, its concentration in the atmosphere globally-on which the size of the water-vapour contribution to the greenhouse effect depends-is not significantly affected by emissions of water vapour from human activities.

Chapter 8 2000

The resulting increase in atmospheric water-vapour content further warms Earth’s surface-a significant

Chapter 8 2000

The most plausible explanation of their origin has been given by Lewes, who suggests that they may be formed by the action of water-vapour upon very hot carbide or upon carbon separated therefrom as the result of previous dissociation among the gases present; the steam and the carbon reacting together at a temperature of 500° C. or thereabouts in a manner resembling that of the production of water-gas.

Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield

Practically speaking, there is little objection to the presence of water-vapour in acetylene beyond the fear of deposition of liquid in the pipes, which may accumulate till they are partially or completely choked, and may even freeze and burst them in very severe weather.

Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield

So cooled, however, the gas still contains much water-vapour, for it remains saturated therewith at the temperature to which it is reduced, and by the inevitable law of physics a further fall in temperature will be followed by a further deposition of liquid water from the acetylene.

Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield

The sole exception to this rule is that of water-vapour, which invariably accompanies the best acetylene, and must be partially removed as soon as convenient.

Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield

By a skilful method, based on the fact discovered by Mr.C. T.R. Wilson, that charged particles can serve as nuclei for the condensation of water-vapour, he was further able to determine the value of the electrical charge carried by these particles, which was found to be constant also, and equal to the charge carried by univalent ions, e.g., hydrogen, in electrolysis.

Alchemy: Ancient and Modern 1922