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The boiling point of water is the temperature at which the saturated vapor pressure equals the ambient pressure. Water supercooled below its normal freezing point has a higher vapor pressure than that of ice at the same temperature and is, thus, unstable. Calculations of the (saturation) vapor pressure of water are commonly used in meteorology.
David R. Lide (ed), CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 84th Edition.CRC Press. Boca Raton, Florida, 2003; Section 6, Fluid Properties; Vapor Pressure Uncertainties of several degrees should generally be assumed.
A log-lin vapor pressure chart for various liquids. As a general trend, vapor pressures of liquids at ambient temperatures increase with decreasing boiling points. This is illustrated in the vapor pressure chart (see right) that shows graphs of the vapor pressures versus temperatures for a variety of liquids. [7]
English: Plot of water vapor pressure p in Torr (mmHg) and hPa versus Temperature T in degrees Celsius. Note that the vapor pressure equals atmospheric pressure (760 Torr) at the boiling temperature of water. Produced by Yannick Trottier in 2006. Extended by Dr. Schorsch (talk) 10:32, 25 April 2021 (UTC).
where temperature T is in degrees Celsius (°C) and saturation vapor pressure P is in kilopascals (kPa). According to Monteith and Unsworth, "Values of saturation vapour pressure from Tetens' formula are within 1 Pa of exact values up to 35 °C." Murray (1967) provides Tetens' equation for temperatures below 0 °C: [3]
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An important basic value, which is not registered in the table, is the saturated vapor pressure at the triple point of water. The internationally accepted value according to measurements of Guildner, Johnson and Jones (1976) amounts to: P w (t tp = 0.01 °C) = 611.657 Pa ± 0.010 Pa at (1 − α) = 99%
The vapor pressure chart to the right has graphs of the vapor pressures versus temperatures for a variety of liquids. [11] As can be seen in the chart, the liquids with the highest vapor pressures have the lowest normal boiling points. For example, at any given temperature, methyl chloride has the highest vapor pressure of any of the liquids in ...