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The boiling point is defined as the temperature that the liquid spontaneously turns into a vapour throughout the liquid. This is dependent on atmospheric pressure as the higher the pressure the more energy is required to produce the gas /vapour bubbles in the liquid. We see this effect when water boils and the surface is disturbed by the bubbles rising to the surface - it is boiling.

Water boils at a little over 60 oC (140 oF) at the top of Mount Everest but at 100 oC (212 oF) at sea level ie 1 ATM pressure. When water is boiled at a higher location than sea level it will boil at less than 100 oC depending on atmospheric conditions.

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