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Re: Review | Water vapor

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Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/18/16 7:41 PM, Sam Wormley wrote:
>> Water vapor
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_vapor
>>
>>
>>> Water vapor, water vapour or aqueous vapor, is the gaseous phase of
>>> water. It is one state of water within the hydrosphere. Water vapor
>>> can be *produced from the evaporation or boiling of liquid water* or
>>> from the *sublimation of ice* . Unlike other forms of water, water vapor
>>> is invisible.[4] Under typical atmospheric conditions, water vapor is
>>> continuously generated by evaporation and removed by condensation. It
>>> is lighter than air and triggers convection currents that can lead to
>>> clouds.
>>>
>>> Being a component of Earth's hydrosphere and hydrologic cycle, it is
>>> particularly abundant in Earth's atmosphere where it is also a potent
>>> greenhouse gas along with other gases such as carbon dioxide and
>>> methane. Use of water vapor, as steam, has been important to humans
>>> for cooking and as a major component in energy production and
>>> transport systems since the industrial revolution.
>>>
>>> Water vapor is a relatively common atmospheric constituent, present
>>> even in the solar atmosphere as well as every planet in the Solar
>>> System and many astronomical objects including natural satellites,
>>> comets and even large asteroids. Likewise the detection of extrasolar
>>> water vapor would indicate a similar distribution in other planetary
>>> systems. Water vapor is significant in that it can be indirect
>>> evidence supporting the presence of extraterrestrial liquid water in
>>> the case of some planetary mass objects.
>>
>>
> 
>    Worth Reviewing
 
Not really, but you most certainly need to review this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright
 

-- 
Jim Pennino

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Re: Review | Water vapor Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 11:19 -0600
  Re: Review | Water vapor jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-01-22 18:43 +0000
    Re: Review | Water vapor Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-01-23 10:27 -0600
      Re: Review | Water vapor jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-01-23 18:59 +0000
        Re: Review | Water vapor Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-01-23 13:10 -0600

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