#vapor

• Steam — The gaseous state of a substance that, under normal conditions of temperature and pressure, is in a liquid or solid state, most frequently referring to water vapor resulting from boiling or evaporation. In common and poetic language, it denotes a fine misty mass, a warm exhalation, or the diaphanous emanation rising from a warm or humid body, often symbolizing ephemerality, industrial dynamism, or the intimacy of domestic spaces.
• To steam up — To expose an object directly to the action of hot vapors or warm exhalations; to cover a surface (such as windows or lenses) with a fine, opaque layer of condensation. As an intransitive verb, it refers to the action of emitting or giving off steam, or to the gentle blowing of a breeze, suggesting a subtle fluid dynamic or a warm, intimate atmosphere.
• Aeriform — Having the form, properties, or appearance of air; a physical state of matter characterized by the lack of a definite shape and a fixed volume, showing a natural tendency for indefinite expansion. In modern scientific terminology, the term is used as a refined synonym for the gaseous state, describing substances whose molecules have high kinetic energy and minimal cohesion.
• Alcarraza — A rare graphic variant found in old technical literature for the noun 'alcarraza'; a porous, unglazed earthenware vessel traditionally used in the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America for cooling water. Its operating principle relies on the latent microscopic evaporation of the liquid filtering through the vessel's porous walls, which lowers the temperature of the remaining content.
• Alcarraza — A highly porous, unglazed earthenware vessel of Spanish or Moorish origin, utilized specifically for keeping and cooling drinking water. The cooling effect is achieved through the physical process of evaporation of the water that sweats through the clay's microscopic pores, lowering the temperature of the liquid inside even in extremely hot climates.
• Silver-plating — The act of coating the surface of a metallic object (or other conducting/treated material) with a thin, protective layer of silver using galvanic, chemical, or evaporation methods; the technological process itself. In a structural and industrial sense, this procedure enhances the electrical conductivity of electronic components, provides anti-corrosive protection, and grants aesthetic and reflective value to decorative items, mirrors, or cutlery.
• Atomizer — An apparatus, mechanical device, or special nozzle used to transform a liquid into a fine suspension of microscopic droplets (mist or vapor) through pneumatic or centrifugal spraying. In agriculture, it represents the machinery used for spraying crops with pesticides, whereas in electronics, it refers to the e-cigarette component heating and vaporizing the e-liquid.
• Azeotrope — A liquid mixture consisting of two or more chemical components that boils at a constant and fixed temperature, maintaining its identical structural composition in both the liquid and vapor phases. Because the generated vapors have exactly the same proportions of substances as the liquid from which they originate, an azeotrope cannot be separated or purified by simple fractional distillation, behaving thermodynamically like a single pure compound and requiring special separation methods, such as extractive azeotropic distillation.