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Superheated mixtures? You mean superheated gas? The water will be 212°F (at sea level) but the steam will be hotter than that and the temp. of that steam will increase as more heat is added. the only way you change boiling points is to change pressures. This is how HVAC/R works.
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Well, let me be clear. You can have superheat liquid, or even subcooled liquid, but it's not likely to ever happen unless you're on a mission to make it happen. Although subcooled liquids are more likely. Like if you put a beer in the fridge and as soon as you take it out it starts to freeze over.
The temperature of the water can be 220 degrees...still boiling, still turning INTO steam, but there will still be liquid water higher than 212. Have you not heard of superheated mixtures?
Not at 1 atmosphere of pressure. Water stays at 212°F until all liquid has been converted. And yes I'm quite familiar with the properties of superheated steam.
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The temperature required to boil water in Denver is LESS than in Miami--that doesn't mean that the water cannot hold a temperature higher than the boiling point as it boils.
Again not a 1 atmosphere of pressure.
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Speaking of big words, I'm pretty sure yours was "BOOM!"...
That is what I did when in the service. We made big BOOMs.
Superheated mixtures? You mean superheated gas? The water will be 212°F (at sea level) but the steam will be hotter than that and the temp. of that steam will increase as more heat is added. the only way you change boiling points is to change pressures. This is how HVAC/R works.
Nope, I mean liquids.
You can heat water beyond 212 degrees in a microwave without it boiling, But drop a cube of sugar into it, and it practically explodes. It's superheated.
You can heat water beyond 212 degrees in a microwave without it boiling, But drop a cube of sugar into it, and it practically explodes. It's superheated.
A laboratory curiosity. Tell us where you can have boiling water over 212?
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