condensate
Vapor turned liquid
Condensate is the liquid that forms when a gas or vapor cools and changes state.
Water droplets on a cold glass, moisture collected from air conditioning units, and liquid recovered from natural gas processing are all condensates.
In physics, a Bose-Einstein condensate is an exotic state of matter formed when atoms are cooled to near absolute zero, causing them to behave as a single quantum entity.
Overnight surface condensation
- fogLow-lying cloud cover
- mistFine airborne moisture
- cloudsAirborne water masses
- humidityMoisture in atmosphere
precipitation · water cycle · droplets · morning · frost · hydrosphere · meteorology · dewpoint
Tiny liquid sphere
- beadPierced ornament for threading
- filmMovie or coating
- glassTransparent solid from sand
- windowGlass-fitted wall opening
mirror · pipe · metal · runoff · drip · trickle · accumulation · pooling
Purification via vaporization
- refluxBackward liquid movement
- fractionateSeparate into components
- petroleumNatural underground hydrocarbon liquid
- refineryIndustrial purification facility
coolant · heat exchanger · boiler · steam · turbine · HVAC · coil · drip pan
Distinct period in sequence
- transitionChange from one state
- nucleationInitial cluster formation
- supersaturationExceeding dissolution equilibrium limits
- coalescenceUniting into one mass
thermodynamics · enthalpy · entropy · equilibrium · vaporization · latent heat · intermolecular · quantum
dew
Overnight surface condensation
humidity · precipitation · water cycle · droplets · morning · frost · hydrosphere · meteorology · dewpoint · saturation
droplet
Tiny liquid sphere
window · mirror · pipe · metal · runoff · drip · trickle · accumulation · pooling · streaking
distillation
Purification via vaporization
- refluxBackward liquid movement
- fractionateSeparate into components
- petroleumNatural underground hydrocarbon liquid
refinery · coolant · heat exchanger · boiler · steam · turbine · HVAC · coil · drip pan · air conditioning
phase
Distinct period in sequence
- transitionChange from one state
- nucleationInitial cluster formation
- supersaturationExceeding dissolution equilibrium limits
coalescence · thermodynamics · enthalpy · entropy · equilibrium · vaporization · latent heat · intermolecular · quantum · superfluid
distilled
Purified by vaporization
- purifiedCleared of unwanted substances
- filteredScreened to remove contaminants
- separatedPut or kept apart
extracted · refined · concentrated · clarified · clean · sterile · deionized · processed · treated · laboratory
- mattermatter, atoms, molecules, atom, molecule
- fossil fuelspetroleum, crude oil, natural gas, coal, anthracite
- petroleumcrude oil, crude, petroleum, oil wells, oil fields
- condensationdew, fog, steam, frost, water droplets
- building systemsHVAC, plumbing, electrical systems, heating, cooling
- petroleum geologypetroleum, crude oil, hydrocarbon, oil field, source rock
- condensation trailAircraft exhaust vapor path
- Claisen condensationEster-to-beta-ketoester transformation