superheats
Heats past boiling
Superheats is the verb form of superheat, meaning to heat a liquid above its boiling point without it actually boiling, or to heat steam beyond the temperature at which it was generated.
The term appears in physics and engineering contexts: The reactor superheats water to drive the turbines.
Figuratively, something that superheats intensifies rapidly or dangerously: Social media superheats political outrage.
Thermodynamic total heat quantity
- vaporizationConversion to gas
- saturationState of complete permeation
- thermodynamicsScience of heat-energy relationships
- metastableStable but not permanently
nucleation · pressure · temperature · steam · equilibrium · kinetic · expansion · calorimetry
Water-heating vessel
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
- reactorControlled fission apparatus
- cogenerationSimultaneous heat and electricity production
- evaporatorLiquid-to-gas conversion device
refinery · smelting · kiln · annealing · metallurgy · incinerator · powerplant · nuclear
enthalpy
Thermodynamic total heat quantity
- vaporizationConversion to gas
- saturationState of complete permeation
- thermodynamicsScience of heat-energy relationships
metastable · nucleation · pressure · temperature · steam · equilibrium · kinetic · expansion · calorimetry · fluids
boiler
Water-heating vessel
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
- reactorControlled fission apparatus
- cogenerationSimultaneous heat and electricity production
evaporator · refinery · smelting · kiln · annealing · metallurgy · incinerator · powerplant · nuclear · geothermal
scalding
Extremely hot, burning
- blisteringExtremely intense or severe
- searingBrowning with intense heat
- scorchingExtremely hot, burning
white-hot · red-hot · incandescent · blazing · fiery · boiling · sizzling · glowing · molten · roasting
superheatssupercools
Chills below freezing point
freezes · chills · cools · refrigerates · deep-freezes
- superheated steamVapor heated above saturation
- superheated waterWater exceeding 100°C, unpressurized