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18853575

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
Pt 3
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-10-15
pubmed:abstractText
Around 1800, many reputable scientists reported significant variations in the temperature of pure water boiling under normal atmospheric pressure. The reported variations included a difference of over 1 degree C between boiling in metallic and glass vessels (Gay-Lussac), and "superheating" up to 112 degrees C on extracting dissolved air out of water (De Luc). I have confirmed most of these observations in my own experiments, many of which are described in this paper. Water boils at the "boiling point" only under very particular circumstances. Our common-sense intuition about the fixedness of the boiling point is only sustained by our limited experience.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0036-8504
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
91
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
219-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
The myth of the boiling point.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Science and Technology Studies, University College London, London, UK. h.chang@ucl.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Biography, Historical Article, Portraits, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't