I heard that the boiling water temperature is around 100 degrees. But is that true? Is the boiling point an exact 100-degree centigrade?
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I trust the boiling point of water is 100 degree centigrade. In my school also studied 100 degree centigrade.
Water is H2O, consisting of two molecules of hydrogen and one molecule of oxygen, making it a molecular compound. Water is a liquid at room temperature when it is in its liquid form, but if you increase the temperature most liquids melt leaving only solid and gaseous matter. Water at normal pressures and temperatures below its boiling point (100 °C or 212 °F at sea level) will remain in its liquid form; the term ‘phase’ refers to different forms a substance may have on the molecular level.
The boiling point of water changes depending on atmospheric pressure and the temperature of the water itself. Water boils at a lower temperature if you live at a higher altitude because outside air pressure is lower, and water boils higher under normal pressure if the water is hotter. So to find out what the boiling point of water is for you, you will have to use a bit of math and some other variables, but this will work as a rough formula: (1) altitude above sea level * (2) 0.005 * (3) temperature in fahrenheit