Re: Water Boil Water

[Chuck Britton <britton@odie.ncssm.edu>]

> The theory would be that once the inner container reached 100 C with the
> boiling water in the outer container at 100 C then there should be no net
> conduction between the outer and inner container (delta T = 0) and thus (in
> calorimetry terms--don't look Jim) no more net heat transfer occurs to the
> inner container.  The inner container water reaches 100 C but does not boil.
> It would be interesting to know what happens in a real experiment.
>
> rick

And WHAT, pray tell, is the mechanism that prevents evaporation from the
inner container? And EVERY school child knows that it is the faster
molecules which selectively evaporate, causing cooling, unless NET HEAT
(shudder) TRANSFER occurs into the inner container!

It's no accident that stressed		Chuck Britton
spelled backwards is desserts.		britton@odie.ncssm.edu