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Liquid water at room temperature is placed in a syringe, which is then sealed. The plunger of the syringe is drawn back, and at some point bubbles of H2 O vapor are formed. Explain why we can state th...

Liquid water at room temperature is placed in a syringe, which is then sealed. The plunger of the syringe is drawn back, and at some point bubbles of H2 O vapor are formed. Explain why we can state that the water is boiling.

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Initially the water which was present in the syringe is at atmospheric pressure 1atm. After seal the syringe, the plunger is pushed back. Due to this one, it creates a low pressure inside the syringe.

As we know vapours will be formed at a temperature where vapour pressure of liquid equals to surrounding pressure. In addition to this, boiling temperature is inversely proportional to the surrounding temperature. So after syringe drawn back pressure inside is lowered. Due to this reason water starts bubble (boiling) at even room temperature.

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