Can Hot Beverages Stay Hot at High Altitudes?

Thread starter Mullet
Start date Feb 15, 2012
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Feb 15, 2012

Mullet

Can you explain why we can have hot beverages at really high altitude don't stay hot? Why can't they have a nice pot of tea on mount everest?

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Feb 15, 2012

rock.freak667

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Well what happens to the temperature as altitude increases?

Feb 15, 2012

turbo

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Specifically, what happens to the boiling temperature of water?

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