The boiling point of a substance is the temperature at which the vapor pressure of the liquid equals the pressure surrounding the liquid and the liquid changes into a vapor. The boiling point of a ...

Vapor pressure of a liquid is defined in the Condensed Chemical Dictionary as "the characteristic at any given temperature of a vapor in equilibrium with its liquid or solid form. This pressure is ...

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A CONSIDERABLE amount of experimental work on freezing-point depressions of capillary condensates has been reported in the literature in recent years 1. Carman 2 has given an account of a few more ...

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Fred Zoepfl's letter to the editor (C&EN, Nov. 12, 2007, page 10), pointed out that the boiling point of gallium is stated incorrectly in an earlier C&EN article (Sept. 24, 2007, page 107) about the ...

Katti and Chaudhri 1 noticed that big depressions in the boiling points of some alcohols occur when large electric fields are applied to the vapour phase over the boiling liquid. We have been ...