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Water only boils at 100o C at Standard Sea Level Atmospheric Pressure. If the Pressure increases the Boil Point rises. If the Pressure decreases the Boiling Point goes down.

The Centigrade Temperature Scale was DESIGNED so that 100o is the boiling point of water, and 0o is the Freezing Point of water. The Scale was then equally divided into 100 parts. So, it is a man-made definition that water boils at 100o C.

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