Curt Fischer wrote:

> 
> Rindler Sigurd wrote:
> 
>>Declan Murphy bewilderedly mumbled:

>>>What is the difference b/w mist and gas?
>>
>>Not very scientific... but mist consists of very small particles of water
>>that float in the air at lower temperatures. Gas would be electrolyzed water
>>at molecular size (hydrogen gas and oxygen gas), while steam is something
>>like mist whemn it comes to the particle size.
> 
> 
> Your version of "steam" accords with what most people think of when they
> see "steam", but the industrial and technical usage is well-established
> to mean "gasesous water above the boiling point".  This form of steam is
> invisibible and very hot.

I have always called that "raw steam", and never thought much about the
implication that "steam" must be cooked or sumthin...

KWW