wiki Word: BOILING POINT
 

 

 

Definition: The point at which a liquid boils.

 

 

 Even though it stole the name of a popular show by MTV, it's pretty cool. Or hot, Depending on the natuaral phase of the matter you wish to boil. If you try to boil oxygen, (naturally a gas) then you have to cool it down to a liquid first. But, if you're trying to boil water, then you just heat it to 100 degrees Celcius. Here is the equaton for boiling point:

T_B = Bigg(frac{,R,[,ln(P_0)-ln(101.325),]}{Delta H_{vap}}+frac{1}{T_0}Bigg)^{-1}

where:  
TB = the normal boiling point, K
R = the ideal gas constant, 8.314 J · K-1 · mol-1
P0 = is the vapor pressure at a given temperature, kPa
101.325 = atmospheric pressure, kPa
ΔHvap = the heat of vaporization of the liquid, J/mol
T0 = the given temperature, K
ln = the natural logarithm to the base e
 

 

 

 

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This is an animation of what water molecules look like when they start to boil. 

SO WHAT???? SECTION:

Boiling point is very useful for cooking. Any time you make noodles you have to use boiling point.   

Boiling point is also very important in storage. If you store a chemical with a low boiling point in direct sunlight it could cause an explotion.

 

 

 1.  Ophartt, Charles E. "Hydgregen Bonding and the Boiling Point of Water." www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/163boilingpt.html. 2003. <http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/163boilingpt.html>.

2."Boiling Point." Wikipedia. 8 Apr 2008 <http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_Point>.

3."Boiling Point." The MSDS HyperGlossary. 28 Feb 2008. MSDS. 10 Apr 2008 <http://www.ilpi.com/msds/ref/boilingpoint.html>.

 

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