Vaping Myths: Are we exhaling water vapor?

[DC2]

Weird thing is if you hold the vapor in your lungs for a period of time the exhaled visible vapor is little to none.

Good point, that is very interesting.

Great, now I won't sleep tonight trying to figure that out.

 

[DaveP]

I read the label on Halloween fog juice at Kmart today. It said: propylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, water. Below is a link to a site that tells you how to make fog juice, FWIW. All ,mixes contain 10%-90% water. There probably isn't a direct analogy to ejuice here because none of the recipes in the DIY Recipes thread contain water.
Making Fog Juice

I think that any water in our exhale comes from inhaled air, as LoThudd said or from our lungs and mouth as we inhale. It does seem strange that PG or VG would make such a thick vaporby itself. I always thought the PG or VG we use came with a water content. Apparently not.

It might be an interesting experiment to vape in a hot rock sauna to see what the fog looks like in 15% or less humidity. What about Arizona vapers? Do you see a difference in the thickness of the vapor when you are at home or in a humid environment?

 

[Lee1111]

oh sweet. I've been wanting to read a thread on this. Now I found it. On to post 6 now hehe. Only 3 pages, not so bad.

 

[Raynen]

I don't have much input except for my Vaping Vocabulary!

PV- Personal Vaporizer (Learned here from ECF!)
Vapor Cloud- The stuff that is exhaled when I use my PV
Batt/atty/cart/carto- All nicknames for PV parts (learned here from ECF!)
VM- Vapor Maker!

...I like fog LOL

 

[monsterkitty]

as soon as i read the first post i was really curious as to what i was exhaling. i went into my bathroom and blew it out onto the mirror. the mirror fogged up, and it was wet when i ran my finger across the fogged-up spot. btw, i still don't know what i'm exhaling, lol. but it is foggy and wet!

 

[cherrypopwizkid]

The absorption of water by the PG and VG particles explains the dry mouth a lot of people experience. I had to have a bottle of water on hand when i vaped. Actually it was good because I only got the daily recommended water intake when i was vaping.

 

[Sorrid]

I think they should make a mod now that plays a fog horn, you could push it when you exhale.

I think your right though, it is more of a fog. Doesn't sound as nice though. I am a Fogger, I am fogging, hey lets go to the fogger's convention, yes my name is Gaylord Fogger.

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I lol'd... a lot.

 

[Uncle Screwtape]

I think we should call it clouds.

"I'm clouding"

"Cloud on, dudes"

A personal cloud machine.

Cloud juice.

Nick Cloud, private eye

 

[AttyPops]

Some threads just won't die...lol.

(posting 'cuz I'm bored and this topic never dies)....

It's PG/VG/Nicotine/Flavor/water condensate. Now, none of us are going to answer that way when asked, so "Fog" (which implies water) or "Water Vapor" or "Clouds" or whatever are just easy answers. Did we ever really analyze what was in tobacco smoke? We just called it tobacco smoke. Maybe we should just say PV-Vapor, and not define it further. What we don't say is smoke... 'cuz it isn't.

From earlier post:

Yeah, but .... language, the vernacular in particular, is not scientific discussion. It's communication of ideas in general. You know, like if one person is outside on the street, vaping, blows out some <whatever> and another person asks "what is that?" and the first person says...______________. None of them are scientists having a scientific technical discussion BTW. I understood that the OP wanted, at least in part, to fill in that blank. I could be wrong. We do decide what words mean, collectively, and they (the words) change quit a bit over time. Both in meaning, and in pronunciation.

Anyway, the scientific discussion aside, if you'll let me indulge my arbitrary preference.... I like FOG as an easy answer. Water "vapor" will get the point across, and although not strictly accurate, I like that too. When the study comes out, we can probably say "mostly water vapor" and communicate the idea. Even though water vapor would actually be invisible. Just a ramble from me too.

So in the vernacular, Fog or Vapor works. But it's not accurate scientifically... Water Vapor = Fog, Fog = Water Vapor (not scientifically, but in terms of PV Venecular/slang. Like saying slang = slang). Neither are 100% correct, but who cares? Vapor works... because we call these devices Personal Vaporizers.

 

[Caexars]

Due to the touchy nature of "vaping" vs. health organizations, I suggest we use the most scientifically correct terms as to not confuse the layman. It may seem obtuse when we use slang because mistakes and misconceptions can be made (and probably have been). It may be more prudent to say that the "smoke" consists of mostly PG/VG, which acts as a carrier for other substances in the e-cig and atmosphere that results in visible "smoke". Visible fog that occurs outside a highly controlled laboratory environment contains many different kinds of compounds.

 

[icemanx3]

With my little knowledge of general physics...I would say the vapor cloud exhaled is not much different than what's in your juice bottle. It seems by heating the juice, we are merely changing it's state from a liquid, to a vapor form of liquid. I would assume as it changes states, by heat from the hot filament within your atty, it's chemical composition remains the same.

As a side note, someone mentions vaping in a sauna. I can say that I love vaping in the bathroom after a hot bath or shower because you get gigantic plumes that just hang in the air for a long time, due to the high humidity. When I am in my bedroom and we have the heater on, I notice the air is super dry and my vapor clouds dissapate very rapidly.

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