does water boil quicker at higher elevations?

Question

I read a couple articles that talk about the different temperature requirement at different elevations, but does this change the time required to boil said pot of water? if the temperature to boil the pot of water i’m assuming the time to boil it will also be lower? but perhaps the air pressure changes something that i’m not aware of

also chemistry? is that the right flair? sorry if it’s not

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Answer 1

Yes.

Basically, you need to put less heat into it in order to make it boil. Less heat transfer means less time.

In fact, at certain pressures (i.e. very high elevation), water boils instantly.