Katti and Chaudhri 1 noticed that big depressions in the boiling points of some alcohols occur when large electric fields are applied to the vapour phase over the boiling liquid. We have been ...

The boiling point of a substance is the temperature at which the vapor pressure of the liquid equals the pressure surrounding the liquid and the liquid changes into a vapor. The boiling point of a ...

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