And lo on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:14:25 -0000, Bill Pragnell  
<bil### [at] hotmailcom> did spake, saying:

> gregjohn wrote:
>> Bill Pragnell <bil### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>>> Phil Cook wrote:
>>>> Water Vapour
>>> <pedant>
>>> Water vapour is suspended liquid droplets. Steam is the gas phase.
>>> </pedant>
>>  Water vapour is the gas phase.  Steam is the gas phase.
>
> So it is, my mistake. I always thought 'vapour' referred to suspended  
> condensation. Wikipedia does mention the frequent misuse of the term.

Ditto, so water vapour equals steam; so what simple term can we use for  
those fluffy white things? I don't think we can go with clouds, or fluffy  
white thing.

>> And to everyone who said CO2 or Ar, that's not something you can  
>> observe in your
>> house.  It's about observation of gaseous substances, not merely naming  
>> off
>> elements a textbook will tell you might be present.
>
> Thought that might be the case! CO is particarly poorly judged then,  
> being colourless and odourless.

Um so how did you observe air or water vapour, which are both also  
colourless and odourless?

> How about the CO2 bubbles you see when you take the cap off a fizzy  
> drink bottle?

Which brings us back to non-direct observation, which in turn rules back  
in car exhausts, gas ovens, air-dusters, and freezers.

Sorry, but you still haven't given us a definition of observation.

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Phil Cook

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