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Can water boil at -10 degree celcius or -20 degree celcius.Explain how and why?

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Liquids start boiling when their vapour Pressure is equal to the atmospheric pressure. Hence theoretically water can boil at -10 or -20 degree Celsius when it is kept under very very low pressure . But practically it is almost impossible

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