Monday 19 December 2016

Water is a product of combustion

When it was very cold last month, there was clear evidence of water being a product of combustion behind this car. It seems strange to students who can't see water when things are burning, the temperature being too high for liquid water and the H2O being in the form of water vapour. But the cold ground behind the exhaust caused the water vapour to condense onto the dry stones.