Ice, Water And Steam

These are density $(kgm^{-3})$ values for water at different temperature $^oC$,

+100    958.4
+80     971.8
+60     983.2
+40     992.2
+30     995.6502
+25     997.0479
+22     997.7735
+20     998.2071
+15     999.1026
+10     999.7026
  +4     999.9720
    0     999.8395
−10     998.117
−20     993.547
−30     983.854

Steam has a density of $0.6\,kgm^{-3}$ and ice has a density of $916.7\,kgm^{-3}$.  What shall we do?

Between ice of density $916.7\,kgm^{-3}$, water at $0^oC$ of density $999.8395\,kgm^{-3}$, and water at $100^oC$ of density $958.4\,kgm^{-3}$ increasing temperature will hit $v_{boom\,ice}$ of ice first then with increasing temperature as density drops, $v_{boom\,100}$ of water at $100^oC$.

$v_{boom\,ice}=3.4354*\cfrac{916.7}{10}=314.9\,ms^{-1}$

$v_{boom\,100}=3.4354*\cfrac{958.4}{10}=329.25\,ms^{-1}$

$329.25\,ms^{-1}$ is very close to the sonic boom, $v_{boom\,100}$ is the reason why the spout of the kettle made to taper, whistles when water boils.  A narrowed opening increases $v_{boom\,100}$ to a sonic boom.  Of all the particles involved the most likely candidates responsible for the whistle are $g^{+}$ and $g^{-}$, because steam escaping from the spout of a boiling kettle is not at sonic boom speed, but the disintegrated particles are.

Latent heat is nuclear.  Latent heat is due to resonance at $v_{boom}$.  Latent heat is not reversible.

Logic takes a second place when you guess.  Courage takes first place.