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Is water boiling exothermic or endothermic?


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Water boiling:

  1. The process of boiling water is endothermic.
  2. This is mostly because heat must be applied in order for water to boil.
  3. Endothermic chemical reactions are those in which the reactants take in heat energy from their environment to create products.
  4. Whereas a reaction is considered exothermic if heat or light are emitted as byproducts.

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