There are places on Mars where the atmospheric pressure and temperature are just right that water would freeze, melt, and boil all at the same time.

#triplepoint

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@Om* · @atomjack
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triple point...

This liquid is boiling and freezing simultaneously because it’s reaching its ‘triple point,’ which is the temperature and pressure at which three phases of a substance (gas, liquid, and solid) co-exist in equilibrium.

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#temperature #pressure #gas #liquid #solid #coexist #equilibrium #animatedgif #boiling #freezing #simultaneous #triplepoint

Last updated 7 years ago

@Om* · @atomjack
1277 followers · 13323 posts · Server mastodon.cloud

triple point...

This liquid is boiling and freezing simultaneously because it’s reaching its ‘triple point,’ which is the temperature and pressure at which three phases of a substance (gas, liquid, and solid) co-exist in equilibrium.

mastodon.cloud/media/r2dIVpirg

#temperature #pressure #gas #liquid #solid #coexist #equilibrium #animatedgif #boiling #freezing #simultaneous #triplepoint

Last updated 7 years ago

@Om* · @atomjack
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