vapor pressure

Noun

Meaning

vapor pressure (countable and uncountable, plural vapor pressures)

(physics) The pressure that a vapor exerts, or the partial pressure if it is mixed with other gases.

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Hypernyms

pressure pressure level force per unit area

Related terms

saturation vapor pressure water vapor pressure

Examples

Achieving high vacuum is difficult because all of the materials exposed to the vacuum must be carefully evaluated for their outgassing and vapor pressure properties. Source: Internet

Accuracy is also usually poor when vapor pressure is under 10 Torr because of the limitations of the apparatus used to establish the Antoine parameter values. Source: Internet

Although the relation between vapor pressure and temperature is non-linear, the chart uses a logarithmic vertical axis to produce slightly curved lines, so one chart can graph many liquids. Source: Internet

A nearly straight line is obtained when the logarithm of the vapor pressure is plotted against 1/(T+230) citation where T is the temperature in degrees Celsius. Source: Internet

At boiling point, all volatile components boil, but for a component, its percentage in the vapor is the same as its percentage of the total vapor pressure. Source: Internet

All solid materials have a vapor pressure. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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