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Re: Volkswagen Originalteil

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> I can't think of any cases Just going through the alphabet: die, lie, pie, tie, vie science, cried, denied, diet, quiet, electrified, fried, justified, qualified, relied, satisfied, society, terrified, variety

> die, lie, pie, tie, vie Those are all pronounced like "dye", not "day"/"aye". > science, diet, quiet, ... That has a "eh" (like "bet") between the "I" and the "n". > cried, denied, ... Again, that's "dye", not "day"/"aye". (Also I wasn't counting contractions of words ending in "-y" + a suffix, since that seemed clearly unrelated to the German loanword process, but that's more of YMMV thing.) Edit: wait, you were p…

aye is pronounced as long i, as in "aye aye sir".

Re: Volkswagen Originalteil

#92

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> die, lie, pie, tie, vie Those are all pronounced like "dye", not "day"/"aye". > science, diet, quiet, ... That has a "eh" (like "bet") between the "I" and the "n". > cried, denied, ... Again, that's "dye", not "day"/"aye". (Also I wasn't counting contractions of words ending in "-y" + a suffix, since that seemed clearly unrelated to the German loanword process, but that's more of YMMV thing.) Edit: wait, you were p…

aye is pronounced as long i, as in "aye aye sir".

So like "I"/"d(ye)", yeah. I steadfastly blame English orthography.

Re: Volkswagen Originalteil

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In an open atmosphere, steam is 212F/100C (slightly less for higher altitudes). The point is "steam" doesn't exist at 350F unless it's in a pressure cooker. It's a valid preparation technique but not common in German kitchens from my experience.

Steam heated by boiling water at sea level can't exceed 100C, but if you further heat the gaseous steam (e.g. against a hot metal surface of some kind) you can heat it further. This is called superheating. Once it's superheated, it behaves just like any other gas - can be as hot as you like (until it chemically breaks down at extreme temperatures). In an oven at 200C, for example, with a little bit of water, the wate…

What you are describing is just normal heating, not superheating.

"Superheating" means to heat something beyond the point of phase transition without it changing phase. Superheating would be heating water beyond 100 degree celsius.

If it's steam, you can't superheat it any more, you just heat it. You are correct that there is no limit how much you can heat steam.

Re: Volkswagen Originalteil

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Not at equilibrium, sausages are cooler then the (steamy) air.

In an open atmosphere, steam is 212F/100C (slightly less for higher altitudes). The point is "steam" doesn't exist at 350F unless it's in a pressure cooker. It's a valid preparation technique but not common in German kitchens from my experience.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combi_steamer

No pressure needed.

Re: Volkswagen Originalteil

#95

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Boeing used to make furniture and canoes in order to keep their skilled wood and metal workers from being laid off during slow times.

They should do that again.

Re: Volkswagen Originalteil

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We do know how to pronounce Einstein though!

I’m sure you personally do, but I’ve noticed that many English speakers pronounce it without the “sh” sound in the middle.

Good point, in fact I retract my statement because of it. I was only thinking of the vowels.

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Steam heated by boiling water at sea level can't exceed 100C, but if you further heat the gaseous steam (e.g. against a hot metal surface of some kind) you can heat it further. This is called superheating. Once it's superheated, it behaves just like any other gas - can be as hot as you like (until it chemically breaks down at extreme temperatures). In an oven at 200C, for example, with a little bit of water, the wate…

What you are describing is just normal heating, not superheating. "Superheating" means to heat something beyond the point of phase transition without it changing phase. Superheating would be heating water beyond 100 degree celsius. If it's steam, you can't superheat it any more, you just heat it. You are correct that there is no limit how much you can heat steam.

Ah, I was using the "engineering" meaning. In engineering, "superheated steam" is steam heated beyond its boiling point at a given pressure.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superheated_steam

https://www.spiraxsarco.com/learn-about-steam/steam-engineer...

In a steam boiler, the boiling and superheating are often done in different locations: the water is first evaporated in one section, then the resulting "saturated steam" (i.e. at vapor-liquid equilibrium) then passes through a hotter section, often called a superheater, which heats it further beyond the boiling point. Superheated steam is better for turbines than saturated steam.

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