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Everything about Boiling
Physical process
Boiling or ebullition is the rapid phase transition from liquid to gas or vapour; the reverse of boiling is condensation. Boiling occurs when a liquid is heated to its boiling point, so that the vapour pressure of the liquid is equal to the pressure exerted on the liquid by the surrounding atmosphere. Boiling and evaporation are the two main forms of liquid vapourization. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: BoilingA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Differences in flavor characteristics of frozen surimi products reheated by microwave, water boiling, steaming, and fryingInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The house without a keyThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Structural Determination of Paraffin Boiling PointsCited 3,391 times
- Go sideways: Nucleate boilingA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Critical heat fluxA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Verb present participle and gerund of boil
Noun The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.
Noun The cooking (of food) or cleaning (of an object) by immersing it in liquid (usually water) that is boiling.
Noun A turmoil; a disturbance like that of bubbling water.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Structural Determination of Paraffin Boiling Points
A rapid boiling method for the preparation of bacterial plasmids
Correlation for Boiling Heat Transfer to Saturated Fluids in Convective Flow
A general correlation for flow boiling in tubes and annuli
A General Correlation for Saturated Two-Phase Flow Boiling Heat Transfer Inside Horizontal and Vertical Tubes
Enhanced Mobility of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Transistors by Spin-Coating from High-Boiling-Point Solvents
Pool boiling characteristics of nano-fluids
A general correlation for saturated and subcooled flow boiling in tubes and annuli, based on a nucleate pool boiling equation
🆕 Influential since 2022
Differences in flavor characteristics of frozen surimi products reheated by microwave, water boiling, steaming, and frying
Simulation of hybrid boiling nano fluid flow with convective boundary conditions through a porous stretching sheet through Levenberg Marquardt artificial neural networks approach
Three‐Tier Hierarchical Structures for Extreme Pool Boiling Heat Transfer Performance
A review on fabrication and pool boiling enhancement of three-dimensional complex structures
Progress in enhanced pool boiling heat transfer on macro- and micro-structured surfaces
📚 Books worth reading
The house without a keyEarl Derr Biggers · 1925
The Big SleepRaymond Chandler · 1939
The Maltese FalconDashiell Hammett · 1929
Farewell, My LovelyRaymond Chandler · 1940
The Black DahliaJames Ellroy · 1987
The moving targetRoss Macdonald · 1949
Red HarvestDashiell Hammett · 1929
Die TryingLee Child · 1998
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🔗 Related topics
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- Critical heat flux In the study of heat transfer, critical heat flux (CHF) is the heat flux at which boiling ceases to be an effective form of transferring heat from a solid…
- Leidenfrost effect The Leidenfrost effect or film boiling is a physical phenomenon in which a liquid, close to a solid surface of another body that is significantly hotter…
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