Boiling & Critical Temperature: Understanding The Difference

fxdung · Sep 29, 2020

Are boiling temperature and critical temperature the same or they are different things?

jbriggs444 · Sep 29, 2020

fxdung said:

Are boiling temperature and critical temperature the same or they are different things?

Different.

Arjan82 · Sep 29, 2020

The boiling temperature depends on pressure, the critical point is exactly one point with one pressure and temperature. See:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_point_(thermodynamics)

russ_watters · Sep 29, 2020

fxdung said:

Are boiling temperature and critical temperature the same or they are different things?

The one-word answer you got to this question is a prompt that you should google it/read the wiki article on it. That would either answer the question without the need to ask it here or focus the question and show you've put some effort into it; 'I know the definition of "critical point" is...but I don't understand how that's different from...'

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