<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT size=2>Jim:</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>What keeps water liquid is the high pressure that = there is over it. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Next I send you an article from Encarta 99 I should = know. Caracas were I live is 2700 ft. above sea level and I like cooking = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Boiling Point, temperature at which the vapor = pressure of a liquid slightly exceeds the pressure of the atmosphere above the liquid. = At temperatures below the boiling point (b.p.), evaporation takes place = only from the surface of the liquid; during boiling, vapor forms within the body = of the liquid; and as the vapor bubbles rise through the liquid, they cause the = turbulence and seething associated with boiling. If the liquid is a = single substance or an azeotropic solution (a mixture that has a constant = b.p.), it will continue to boil as heat is added without any rise in temperature; = that is, boiling occurs at constant temperature regardless of the amount of heat = applied to the liquid.<BR>When the pressure on a liquid is increased, the b.p. = goes up. Water at 1 atmosphere pressure (760 torr, or about 14.7 lb/sq in) boils = at 100° C (212° F), but when the pressure is 218 atmospheres (165,000 torr, or = 3200 lb/sq in), the b.p. reaches its maximum, 374° C (705° F). Above this = temperature (the critical temperature of water), liquid water is identical to = saturated steam. See Pressure.<BR><FONT color=#ff0000>If the pressure on a = liquid is reduced, the b.p. is lowered. At higher elevations, where air pressure = is less, water boils below 100° C. In Denver, Colorado, which is 1.6 km (1 mi) = above sea level, the b.p. of water averages 94° C (201° F). When the pressure = on a sample of water falls to 4.55 torr (0.088 lb/sq in), boiling occurs at 0° C = (32° F), which is the normal freezing point.<BR></FONT>Boiling points cover a = wide temperature range. The lowest b.p. is that of helium, -268.9° C = (-452° F). The highest is probably that of tungsten, about 5900° C (10,650° F). The = boiling points given in the separate articles on the various elements and = compounds apply at normal pressure unless specifically stated = otherwise.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>"Boiling Point," Microsoft® Encarta® = Encyclopedia 99. © 1993-1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT> <DIV><FONT size=2>From: <<A href="mailto:JIMRPT@AOL.COM">JIMRPT@AOL.COM</A>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>To: <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Sent: Thursday, September 30, 1999 4:37 = PM</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Subject: Re: Down-striking discovery and up-striking = pianist</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2>> <BR>> In a message dated 9/30/1999 = 4:00:01 PM, <A href="mailto:degen@telcel.net.ve">degen@telcel.net.ve</A> = writes:<BR>> <BR>> <<  lack of<BR>> atmospheric pressure would lower = water boiling point so much that at normal<BR>> ambient temperature it = would completely evaporate, >><BR>> <BR>> Elian;<BR>> =  Lowering the pressure 'raises' the boiling point of water not lower <BR>> it.........ever try to cook a pot of rice at 9,000 feet? :-) While I am = sure <BR>> that the lack of any discernible atmospheric pressure would = have deletrious <BR>> effects on the thingee I don't know what those = effects would be, but your <BR>> scenario is as reasonable as anything I could come = up with.<BR>>  As for the "pianists in space" I have at least two = that I would like to send <BR>> along with your choices :-)<BR>> Jim = Bryant (FL)<BR>> </FONT></BODY></HTML>