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At which temperature will water boil when the external pressure is 31 kpa

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TO solve this problem, we simply have to find for the temperature of saturated water when the external pressure is 31 kPa. When the atmospheric pressure above a liquid equals its vapour pressure, then that liquid will boil. From the tables, the temperature at 31 kPa is about:

70 °C

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