When a beaker of water is put in a Bell Jar... is it really boiling?

Subject: When a beaker of water is put in a Bell Jar... is it really boiling?

Date: Mon Mar 19 08:49:53 2001
Posted by Bill
Grade level: teacher/prof School: Chicopee High School
City: Chicopee State/Province: MA Country: USA
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 985009793.Ch

Message:


When a beaker water is placed in a bell jar, and the vacuum pump is turned on, 
it appears as if the water is boiling.  Is this so, or is it just dissolved gas 
escaping from the fluid?

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