The process in which a gas changes to a liquid is called condensation. Other examples of condensation are shown in Figure below. A gas condenses when it is cooled below its boiling point.
Explanation:
There are 4 phases for h20 solid liquid vapour and gas.
In the vacuum of space there are only 2 phases solid and gaseous, both liquid and vapour cannot exist in the absolute freezing temperature of the vacuum of space and crystalise instantly.
Watch a space shuttle dump water in space and it instantly freezes, and when in direct sunlight instantly turn to its gaseous phase and becomes invisible to the naked eye by the process of sublimation.
When h20 freezes in the shadow of the shuttle to ice crystals they instantly sublimate to the a gaseous state when they come into contact with direct sunlight.
You can see all 4 phases if you place ice cubes [ solid phase ] in a pan on a stove, the Solid beComes liquid [ liquid phase ]and the liquid becomes a gas in the bottom of the pan when the water boils, [ gaseous phase ] the bubbles coming up from the bottom are the instant phase change from liquid to gas, when the gas bubbles break the surface of the water and the gas comes into contact with the cooler air the gas instantly starts to condense to water droplets i.e. the vapour phase
You can see through the bubbles because h20 in its gaseous phase is invisible to the naked eye.
Gaseous h20 is hot dry and invisible
Vaporous h20 is warm wet and visible
Gaseous h20 is known as a condensing gas in physics because it condenses obviously, condensing gases are also known as optically active gases or radiatively active gases.
Hope this helps all the 3 phase numpties who think vapour i.e. water droplets is actually gas, it isnt or it wouldn’t be called vapour it would be called gas.
Liquid water has to reach its boiling point before it will phase change to its gaseous phase.
Vapor has to boil before the water droplets will phase change to a gaseous state, steam is not gas it is condensing gas i.e. vapour at a lower temperature than boiling point.
hope this helps have a nice day
