How many pounds of water are needed to make one pound of steam?

Answer 1

Well, you seem like a very smart kid. Let me ask you something: if you had one pound of naiveness in one hand and one pound of idiocy in the other, which one weighs more? Let me tell you a secret: Its the same!

Answer 2

It depends on volume of the container and the temperature of the steam, the pressure, volume and temperature of a gas are related by the _ideal gas law_:

(where N is the number of particles in the gas, and k is a constant depending on the particular properties of the gas).

Answer 3

About 1,600 BTUs of heat energy are needed to turn a pound of water into steam. This corresponds to around 0.1 pounds of water needed to produce one pound of steam.

Answer 4

Assuming the law of conservation of mass holds true, you could get 1 pound of steam from 1 pound of water.

Answer 5

a pound of steam!

Answer 6

1000 btus

Answer 7

Yes...

Answer 8

144