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sliverstorm on Dec 4, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Steve Wozniak remembers the early days [video]

I don't believe that's quite how it works. I don't think it needs to vaporize the way boiling water vaporizes, to be entrained in the smoke.

kazinator on Dec 4, 2014 [–]

Of course, liquids have vapor pressure at any temperature between melting and boiling. I think there is no question that whatever vapor there is can be carried by convection along with the hot gases.

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