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Gauges and Dials
For those noting the concern of water turning to steam in a closed cabin and creating overpressure: The same is true of halon 1311 - it comes out of the cylinder as a liquid and rapidly expands to a much higher volume of gas, same as water does when it encounters heat.
But how much does it expand by?
I was under the impression water to steam was an unusually large expansion compared to other liquid-gas state changes