Page 10 - The Chemistry of Cooking

What affects boiling?

• Pressure: • Types of Molecules:

when the external pressure is: the types of molecules that make up a liquid

determine its boiling point. If the
• less than one atmosphere, the boiling intermolecular forces between molecules are:
point of the liquid is lower than its normal

boiling point. • relatively strong, the boiling point will be
relatively high.
• equal to one atmosphere, the boiling point

of a liquid is called the normal boiling point. • relatively weak, the boiling point will be
relatively low.
• greater than one atmosphere, the boiling
point of the liquid is greater than its
normal boiling point.