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Bizarre boiling

What would boiling water look like in space? Find out in this NASA article.

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http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast07sep_2.htm

Boiling point

A simple description of what boiling points are, and how they vary according to pressure.

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http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/genchem/topicreview/bp/ch14/melting.php#boil

Saturated vapour pressure and boiling point

Uses kinetic theory to explain the boiling point of water and how it can vary.

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/Hbase/Kinetic/vappre.html

Boiling Point

The boiling point is defined as the temperature at which the saturated vapor pressure of a liquid is equal to the surrounding atmospheric pressure.

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/kinetic/vappre.html#c4

Hyperphysics - Boiling Water Reactor

Description and diagram of boiling water reactor.

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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/nucene/reactor.html#c1

Vapour Pressure, Boiling and Freezing Temperatures of a Solution

Introduction to colligative properties of solutions - complex equations included!

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http://urila.tripod.com/colligative.htm

The Science of Boiling an Egg

How to boil an egg, from a physicist's point of view. Includes an equation to calculate the time required to boil a (spherical and homogeneous) egg, and other interesting facts about eggs.

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http://newton.ex.ac.uk/teaching/CDHW/egg/