When wet food or water is boiling I don’t see a lot of steam, but if I turn the heat down I see more steam. Why?
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Steam is condensation, meaning it’s water that’s already in the air, only turning visible because the air has cooled down enough to no longer be able to hold it invisibly.
If the air were warmer, then it wouldn’t condense as much, and you wouldn’t see as much steam.
When you have the heat on high, a really good chunk of that heat is not going into the pot. It’s bouncing off the bottom of the pot, squirting around the sides, and heating the air above and around the pot.
When you turn the heat down, this doesn’t happen as much. The air around above the pot cools down slightly. Cooler air can hold less water invisibly.
Tadah, more steam.
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