Definition that contains boiling point
- boil bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point
- boil come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor
- simmer temperature just below the boiling point
- centigrade of or relating to a temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 0 degrees and the boiling point of water is 100 degrees
- autoclave a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments
- scald heat to the boiling point
- lox a bluish translucent magnetic liquid obtained by compressing gaseous oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point; used as an oxidizer in rocket propellants
- steriliser a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments
- sterilizer a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments
- heat of vaporization heat absorbed by a unit mass of a material at its boiling point in order to convert the material into a gas at the same temperature