Boiling Water Without Heat
Most recent answer: 10/22/2007
Q:
hi i am doing an experiement on water pressure. i wanted to know how you can boil water without heat.
- israel
TU, AZ
- israel
TU, AZ
A:
If you lower the pressure enough, water will
boil even at room temperature, so then you wouldn’t need a special heat
source. However, heat would flow into the boilng water from its
surroundings. You need some sort of vacuum pump to lower the pressure
enough, but you don’t need a fancy one.
Mike W.
As the water boils it will cool off. Get enough of the water to boil away without introducing additional heat, and what’s left may freeze!
Tom
Mike W.
As the water boils it will cool off. Get enough of the water to boil away without introducing additional heat, and what’s left may freeze!
Tom
(published on 10/22/2007)