Comment by Aachen
3 hours ago
How would that help? It never says water, always steam, and it needs to get in all crevices evenly which afaik is easier with a gas than a liquid. If the steam condenses to water (for example due to raising its boiling point above the autoclave's temperature of ~125°C) that'd probably be bad
Apparently at 2 bars, water boils at 120°C. The first temperature mentioned on Wikipedia is 121°C. That's awfully close; but elsewhere the article is quite clear about using higher-than-atmospheric atmospheric pressure. I don't see an explanation that fits all the mentioned facts
> If the steam condenses to water (for example due to raising its boiling point above the autoclave's temperature of ~125°C) that'd probably be bad
If water boils at 100C then steam condenses at 99C. If water boils at 120C then steam condenses at 119C.
> higher-than-atmospheric atmospheric pressure.
What does that mean?
> I don't see an explanation that fits all the mentioned facts
Is it really a difficult concept? If the boiling point rises so does the condensation point.