The higher you climb up a mountain, the air pressure drops. With less air pressure on the surface of the water, it is easier for the top layer of water molecules to part off and become gas, hence the lower boiling point.
This has all got to do with airpressure.
At sea-level the airpressure is high and with minimal differences throughout the world, the boiling point would be 100 degrees Celsius.
High up in the mountains the airpressure is much lower, hence water boils at a much lower temperature.
Some places you need a pressure cooker in order to properly cook vegetables
== == There is a decrease in air pressure on the hills
Because there is less air pressure on the hills
The boiling point of a liquid is defined as when the vapour pressure of that liquid is equal to the atmospheric pressure. On mountains, the air pressure is lower than at sea level, so it follows that the boiling point of water is lower there.
At a higher elevation there is less air pressure. In all liquids, a lower pressure means a lower boiling point.
benzene has lower boiling point than water
The stronger the IMF, the higher the boiling point and the lower the melting point. The weaker the IMF, the lower the boiling point and the higher the melting point.
The boiling point of freshwater is lower than the boiling point of saltwater.
The boiling point of a liquid is defined as when the vapour pressure of that liquid is equal to the atmospheric pressure. On mountains, the air pressure is lower than at sea level, so it follows that the boiling point of water is lower there.
In general, the higher the altitude, the lower the pressure, and the lower the pressure the lower the boiling point.
yes the boiling point changes with elevation. the higher the elevation the lower the boiling point.
The normal boiling point is the boiling point at sea level, or more precisely, at 1 atmosphere pressure. At higher elevations, or at lower atmospheric pressures, the boiling point is lower. At higher atmospheric pressures, the boiling point is higher.
The normal boiling point (also called the atmospheric boiling point or the atmospheric pressure boiling point) of a liquid is the special case in which the vapor pressure of the liquid equals the defined atmospheric pressure at sea level, atmosphere
At a higher elevation there is less air pressure. In all liquids, a lower pressure means a lower boiling point.
It depends what your altitude is compared to sea level. The lower below sea level you are, the more atmospheric pressure there is thus increasing boiling point; pressure raises the boiling point. That is why your auto has a pressurized cooling system - to stop boil over.
At sea level, liquid water boils and becomes a gas at 212º F, or 100º C. Due to lower surrounding pressure it has a lower boiling point at higher altitudes (ex. boiling point is 202º F in Denver, CO, about 5,000ft. above sea level), and a higher boiling point at lower altitudes.
Because the pressure high up in the moutains is lower than on sea level.
The boiling point of freshwater is lower than the boiling point of saltwater.
benzene has lower boiling point than water
It depends what chemical or compound you are comparing the boiling point to. Ethanol has an atmospheric pressure boiling point of 78.1 °C (172.6 °F). This is slightly lower than the boiling point of water at the same pressure, much lower than the boiling point of iron, much higher than the boiling point of bromine.