2006-12-15 14:45:14 · 6 answers · asked by justin l 1 in Environment
Condensed means to compress it, to make it more dense. Usually that means removing non-essential matter from the item; condensed milk is milk that has had some of the water removed.
Since water really isn't anything except water (and maybe a few traces of some minerals and other solids), there isn't really much you could do to condense water.
Freezing is no good, that makes it less dense.
So does evaporation.
So the only way to "condense" water would be to put it under significant pressure.
2006-12-15 14:53:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
H2O molecules have a slight negative charge on the oxygen and a slight positive charge on each of the hydrogens, due to differences in electronegativity. H and O are bonded by a covalent bond, but oxygen tends to pull the electrons of that bond closer to itself, creating a polar effect. One H2O molecule will interact with another H2O molecule and form what are called hydrogen bonds between the Oxygens and Hydrogens. For this reason, water sticks together (is cohesive) and has surface tension. At room temperature, these bonds are weak and temporary. H2O molecules are constantly sliding past each other. When you freeze water, the hydrogen bonds stay put and the molecules become more rigid and all stand up straight, forming a crystal lattice. This is why water expands when it freezes. If you evaporate water, you are breaking all of the hydrogen bonds and allowing the individual molecules to float through the air. Liquid water is the condensed form.
2006-12-15 17:32:37 · answer #2 · answered by superman11978 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. Dew is a form of condensed water, so is any condensation formed on the surface of a warm solid with a cool fluid. You can also get it when water is vapor due to mist or high temperature and meets a comparatively cold solid surface.
2006-12-15 14:54:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water that is not condensed is typically referred to as water vapor or humidity...it is the gaseous form of water. Water that is frozen is referred to as ice. Liquid water is referred to as water. So if you melt ice to get liquid water it is water. If you condense water vapor you to to liquid water, it is water. Yes it happens with rain, but it can also happen as part of a purification step. If you boil water in one container that is connected to another container (top to top) and that other container is kept cold, the vapors coming off the hot container will condense and collect in the cold one. Many types of impurities will be left in the hot pot. This form of condensed water is frequently called distilled water. If the hot container contained milk, water vapor would still evaporate out and condense in the cold container but the remaining milk is referred to as condensed milk or evaporated milk despite the fact the milk was not condensed or evaporated...the water was. In this case the term condensed means concentrated. If you condense, as in concentrate, pure water, you still have water.
2006-12-15 15:05:08 · answer #4 · answered by BB 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Condensed water is evaporated water that has collected into water drops.
Similarly, you can create pure, condensed water from salty sea water by condensing.
2006-12-15 14:55:34 · answer #5 · answered by xrodak 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pick up your scotch on the rocks. That's condensed water on the glass.
2006-12-15 15:07:09 · answer #6 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋