Steam-and-Water Mixture
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Steam-and-Water Mixture
a mixture of steam and water that forms as water boils in steam boilers (generating boiler waterwalls) and heat-exchange devices, such as evaporators. The density of steam-and-water mixtures is lower than that of water, and this ensures natural circulation in boiler units.
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