Boiling Point of Water in Nature
Like all liquids, water boils when its vapor pressure reaches its surrounding pressure. In nature, the atmospheric pressure is lower at higher elevations and water boils at a lower temperature. The boiling temperature of water for atmospheric pressures can be approximated by the Antoine equation:
or transformed into this temperature-explicit form:
where the temperature is the boiling point in degrees Celsius and the pressure is in Torr.
Read more about this topic: Vapor Pressure
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