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What is the reason water is a liquid at normal earth conditions when it should be a gas

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Actually, from the phase diagram, water should exist as liquid at normal conditions. At a pressure of 1.0 atm and 25 degrees Celsius, water exist as a liquid not a gas. Only when the temperature reaches 100 and more, it exist as gas.
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