sweating pipes
Moisture on tubes
Sweating pipes refers to condensation forming on cold water pipes, which bead up like perspiration on skin.
The phenomenon occurs when humid air contacts pipes carrying cold water.
In plumbing, sweating pipes also describes the technique of soldering copper pipes using heat to draw molten solder into the joint: The plumber sweated the pipes to fix the leak.
- condensationVapor turning to liquid
- moistureSmall amounts of liquid
- humidityMoisture in atmosphere
- humid airMoisture-saturated atmosphere
- dew pointCondensation begins here
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