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5/13/2013 8:29:16 PM
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Let's say you're boiling water.

And let's say you're using a specific kind of kettle that's made of 3-inch metal. The kettle has a latch on it, that when shut, makes the kettle completely airproof, waterproof, gasproof, etc. You open the latch until the water starts to boil and steam comes out. Then you shut the latch. What would happen?

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    Wait hold on, if the kettle's pressure [I]starts[/I] increasing after the kettle is closed (i.e. if it was left open UNTIL it started boiling), wouldn't the very substance's [I]properties[/I] change because of the increase in pressure inside? Chaz's reply makes sense. I can't write the equation, but [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clausius-Clapeyron_equation]if you take the normal boiling point equation and increase the vapor pressure at a given temperature, the boiling point would effectively change.[/url]

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