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joerickard
3286 days ago
Also, 'boiling' at the cabin pressure is not quite normal boiling.
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jcranmer
3286 days ago
The safe temperature for killing bacteria is about 140°F or 60°C. To get water to boil at that low a temperature requires about ⅕ atmospheric pressure, or roughly the atmospheric pressure
outside
the aircraft.
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