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water vapor

[′wȯd·ər ‚vā·pər]
(physics)
Water in the form of a vapor, especially when below the boiling point and diffused.
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Convergence along the boundary causes a local deepening of water vapor, and the SWD allows identification of this linear feature owing to differential absorption of water vapor between the 10.3--and 12.3-[micro]m bands.
Using the GOES-16 Split Window Difference to Detect a Boundary prior to Cloud Formation
The PWV is calculated from integration of water vapor mass through all levels of the sounding in this paper.
Trends and Variability in Precipitable Water Vapor throughout North China from 1979 to 2015
where [[rho].sub.v] is water vapor density, kg/[m.sup.3] (lb/[ft.sup.3]), [D.sub.eff] is effective diffusion coefficient, [m.sup.2]/s ([ft.sup.2]/s), and [S.sub.v] is source or sink of the water vapor due to moisture phase change.
CFD modeling of moisture transfer in porous material subject to dynamic change of boundary temperature
All the adsorption isotherms of water vapor on the MFS-02 show a typical type-V profile with an initial unfavorable adsorption isotherms at the at low absolute pressure and pore condensationat low absolute pressure.
Synthesis of hydrophobic mesoporous material MFS and its adsorption properties of water vapor
This suggests that SF mats with desired secondary structures can be achieved through controlling a single variable of either time or temperature during water vapor annealing.
Tunable structures and properties of electrospun regenerated silk fibroin mats annealed in water vapor at different times and temperatures
So it can be set as an input when using statistical retrieval algorithm to profile the water vapor density.
A dual-frequency method of eliminating liquid water radiation to remotely sense cloudy atmosphere by ground-based microwave radiometer
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The absorbent article further comprising: on a first portion of the water vapor pemeable waterproof sheet, a water content indicator coating layer provided between the water vapor permeable waterproof sheet and the absorbent element, the water content indicator coating layer comprising a hydrophilic resin coating layer and a layer of an information mark provided on an inner surface of the hydrophilic resin coating layer, and wherein a permeability of the first portion of the water vapor permeable waterproof sheet and the hydrophilic resin coating layer is lower than a permeability of a second portion of the water vapor permeable waterproof sheet on which the hydrophilic resin coating layer is not provided on the water vapor permeable waterproof sheet.
Patent no.: 8,088,966 b2: absorbent article: Tomotsugu Matsui, Ehime, Japan. Assignor to Daio paper corporation, Shikokuchuo-Shi, Japan
"Our poster shows ALD layers can be grown effectively using water vapor instead of ozone, which is more expensive, equipment intensive, and hazardous.
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Water vapor and its transmission are important for coatings in two quite different ways.
Permeability of organic coating
The degree to which water vapor seeped into the film increased with increases in temperature and relative humidity.
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