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Steam engines operate off the temperature gradient - the water (cool stuff) is turned into steam (hot stuff), which expands 16x and creates a huge pressure spik
by Qwertious 3y ago
Steam engines operate off the temperature gradient - the water (cool stuff) is turned into steam (hot stuff), which expands 16x and creates a huge pressure spike that pushes the piston/turbine.
- urban_winter 3y ago> steam (hot stuff), which expands 16x 1600 times. Gas at room temp occupies 24 dm3/mole.