Can you see steam coming from boiling water?

Question

I think that they are just small pariccles of water (not steam)

Answer 1

steam is small particles of water

Answer 2

You are right. Steam is itself 'clear'. So the answer to the question is No. You see droplets of water which have cooled below 100 deg C. If you look very carefully at a boiling kettle there is often a gap between the end of the spout and where the 'steam' (ie water droplets) begins. That's the steam.

Answer 3

No you can not see steam. What you see when you see water boiling is the water droplets that are turning back into water.

Answer 4

Yes you can see steam coming from boiling water, and yes they are small particles of water, but they're evaporated water particles.

Answer 5

I'll probably get shot down for this, since I'm not a chemist, but matter can exist in three state: solid, liquid, gas. Water solid is ice, liquid is water, gas is steam. Take Co2. Solid is dry ice, liquid is LCO2-used in freezing products. It evaporates, rather than melt.

Answer 6

You are correct. Steam itself is transparent. When it rises into the cooler air and cools off, is recondenses into a mist of tiny droplets which scatter light, making it look like a cloud. Natural clouds are the same.

Answer 7

Steam is invisible, what you see is water vapour after the steam has cooled.

Answer 8

I say yes, when a pot of boiling water is boiling, you can see steam rising from the pot

Answer 9

What we actually see is the hot water molecules getting condensed into droplets when they come in contact with cooler air molecules in the surroundings outside the container...

Answer 10

ya u can c steam cmin out of water