Boiling point — Science definition
The temperature at which a liquid turns into a gas throughout the whole liquid.
Where it is taught
- States of Matter & Phase Changes — Phases of Matter, Physical Science: Matter, Forces & Energy, Grade 8
In use
Adding energy drives the changes that loosen particles: melting turns a solid into a liquid at its melting point, and boiling turns a liquid into a gas at its boiling point (evaporation does the same thing more gently, only at the surface).
States of Matter & Phase Changes