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superheat
[ noun soo-per-heet; verb soo-per-heet ]
noun
- the state of being superheated.
- the amount of superheating.
verb (used with object)
- to heat to an extreme degree or to a very high temperature.
- to heat (a liquid) above its boiling point without the formation of bubbles of vapor.
- to heat (a gas, as steam not in contact with water) to such a degree that its temperature may be lowered or its pressure increased without the conversion of any of the gas into liquid.
superheat
/ ˌːəˈː /
verb
- to heat (a vapour, esp steam) to a temperature above its saturation point for a given pressure
- to heat (a liquid) to a temperature above its boiling point without boiling occurring
- to heat excessively; overheat
superheat
/ ̅̅′pə-ŧ′ /
- To heat a substance above a phase-transition temperature without the transition occurring. For example, water can be heated above its boiling point without boiling; the introduction of an impurity or physical disturbance can then trigger boiling. Superheating is an example of hysteresis.
- Compare supercool
Derived Forms
- ˌܱˈٱ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- p·İ noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of superheat1
Example Sentences
In addition, Wagoner’s critics say she oversaw regulation changes that some experts say would have potentially opened the door for certain kinds of chemical recycling technologies — technologies that superheat plastics and turn them into fuel or other kinds of plastics — including one from Eastman Chemical Co., a company that Wagoner began consulting for a few months after she stepped down from CalRecycle.
Today, the plant is still buzzing with life: Nuclear fission, in the deep heart of the plant, continues to superheat water to 600 degrees at 150 times atmospheric pressure.
The workaround, historically, has been to energize powerful magnets that keep fusion-ready gases floating in a confined vacuum, sometimes while being bombarded with lasers that superheat them.
But that bargain may be Faustian, he argues, as our dependence on unchecked industrial combustion threatens to superheat the planet into an overdrive of uncontrolled, unsurvivable blazes.
Today Saudi Arabian engineers plan to build a plant with giant mirrors that concentrate sunlight and superheat water within a steel-and-glass dome more than 50 meters across.
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