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When I take a shower, I take off my glasses and leave it on my sink counter. I take a shower and the mirror gets all steamy, and even a bit on the wallpaper, but none on the lights. The exhaust fan is on before, during, and after the shower. So I get done, get out, dry myself lightly with a towel, and on the face too. My glasses don't seem very steamy,but when I put it on, after about 1 second, both of the whole lenses get all foggy and stuff. Does this have to do with heat? Because, the lights don't have a lot of steam on it. What causes the steam?

2006-11-22 12:07:39 · 2 answers · asked by mrairplaneman777 2 in Science & Mathematics Other - Science

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What you are describing is indeed due to heat. This situation is identical to the difference between a glass of hot tea and a glass of iced tea. The iced tea will accumulate condensate on the outside glass surface while the hot tea will not. Try placing a glass of each in the bathroom with you when you shower and you will see what I mean. Your glasses are relatively cold, and when they are hit with the 100% humid air coming off of your very moist recently showered skin causes them to accumulate condensate. Try putting your glasses into a toaster oven while you are showering and then when you put the warmed glasses on, there will be no condensate.

2006-11-22 13:06:26 · answer #1 · answered by Sciencenut 7 · 2 0

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2016-10-17 10:19:45 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

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