Assertion: boiling point | /r/HasProperty | lowered
Facets:
value: by decreasing the air pressure
type: MANNER
value: several degrees
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The boiling point of a liquid is lowered if the pressure of the surrounding gases is decreased.
text: Little heat energy will have to be added to separate the molecules, so the boiling point will be low.
text: On high mountains, the atmospheric pressure is so low that the boiling point of water is lowered several degrees.
text: The boiling point of a liquid is lowered if the pressure of the surrounding gases is decreased.
text: But it is known that the boiling point of just about any substance can be lowered by decreasing the air pressure.
text: If you lower the air pressure around a sample of bread, the boiling point will be lowered, while the temperature at which it will burn will stay the same.
text: If the interactions are weak, the boiling point is low.