Superheated

Yes, it is true that a vessel of water heated in a microwave can be superheated, that is, the temperature of the water can be above its spontaneous boiling point. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The steam is then referred to as superheated steam. ❋ Henry A. Padleckas (2009)

The hot, compressed vapor is then in the thermodynamic state known as a superheated vapor and it is at temperature and pressure at which it can be condensed with typically available cooling water or cooling air. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Even my ship, which has been tested up to about thirty-five gigapascals with conductors running as hot as they can, would become some kind of superheated condensate at that kind of pressure. ❋ Unknown (2003)

If these "superheated" molecules are jarred or disturbed, they will change from water to vapor in an instant, releasing a huge burst of steam, or even a small explosion. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Since the turbine works even with relatively cool fluid, the invention could be particularly useful for situations where the geothermal source does not provide enough heat to produce the "superheated" steam needed to drive a conventional steam engine. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He said police were operating in a "superheated" political environment in which they feared the consequences of abandoning the probe. ❋ Unknown (2009)

On occasion it can become superheated, meaning the water gets hotter than the normal boiling point without actually boiling, and then explodes when you disturb it: posted by M on 2006-06-15 06: 47: 26 ❋ Unknown (2008)

(or cylinders, if there are more than one), keeping it extra hot -- "superheated"; and thereafter it is made to perform a like duty to the boiler-feed water, before it is allowed to escape. ❋ Russell Doubleday (1910)

A growth figure of three percent or less would be grist for the dollar bears "mill, while any hint of the" superheated "seven percent of the last quarter of ❋ Unknown (1994)

"Added premium that was generated by higher asset values, brought on by the 'superheated' commodity prices of the past, is now coming under pressure as those asset values fall. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When the charge was detonated, the resistance of the water, combined with the shape of the charge, would blast the superheated copper in a jet that would shoot straight through the bolt, acting like a cutting torch jet and simply dissolving the entire bolt. ❋ Howard Gordon (2011)

Gritting her teeth, Eir nocked three more blue-headed arrows and shot them into the superheated sky. ❋ J. Robert King (2011)

There was not a breath of wind, and the superheated, stagnant air was heavy with pestilence. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A responsible restaurant would not dispense superheated liquids in flimsy to-go cups. ❋ The Media Consortium (2011)

It was very much the same pose the fairy Fax Torris had used to call and control her superheated beam of light. ❋ Linda Robertson (2011)

Most survived, but a few were incinerated by a superheated beam that had melted sand into glossy walkways. ❋ Linda Robertson (2011)

The superheated beam had left nothing of those it claimed. ❋ Linda Robertson (2011)

Pressure from a chamber of magma (superheated molten rock), located deep underground, forced mineral-rich fluids upwards into cracks in the limestone. ❋ Unknown (2009)