On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Timothy Crooks wrote:

> I am no chemist, nor physicist, nor do I claim to be, but it has been
> demonstrated to, when I was about 14, by a chemist, that water can be used
> to make a fire burn hotter.  He pointed out that there must be a fuel
> present, but when water as in the form of a steam, a true dry steam, the
> caloric output is increased.

Is it increased by more than the caloric input needed to make the steam?

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