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Boiling water is always 100 degrees Celsius.
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Is it true that boiling water is always 100 degrees Celsius?
No. Multiple reference sources state that water boils at 100 °C only at standard sea-level pressure; at high elevation (e.g., Mount Everest) it boils near 71 °C, and superheated water can boil above 100 °C.
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Boiling. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling
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Does water always boil at 100°C under normal atmospheric pressure?. (2016). skeptics.stackexchange.com. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/31944/does-water-always-boil-at-100c-under-normal-atmospheric-pressure
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Boiling point - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_point
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