During rapid isentropic expansion in a steam turbine, some water vapor condenses causing which outcome?

💡 Explanation

Water droplets increase due to homogeneous nucleation because the rapid expansion makes the vapor supersaturated at the lower temperature, therefore increasing blade erosion rate due to impact rather than improving efficiency.

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