why do altitudes matter when using an oven?

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Like why is that even a factor??? It’s an oven? Gravity??

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The key term is probably latent heat – the amount of energy needed for a phase change (solid > liquid > gas & vice versa).

At standard pressure (1 atm) water has a boiling point of 100 °C. This changes as pressure increases and decreases. This is why many materials state ‘at STP’ or Standard conditions for Temperature and Pressure

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