On 9/5/2011 10:47 AM, Darren New wrote:
> On 9/5/2011 8:52, Invisible wrote:
>> Yes, but under /normal/ circumstances, it boils at 100°C, which is why
>> it's
>> defined that way. :-P
>
> No it doesn't. At 100°C, it's in equilibrium. Just like at 0°C, it's
> neither getting more frozen or less frozen.
>
Worse than that, in certain conditions you can "hyper-heat" water, and, 
I assume, probably super cool it, without changing state. In the former 
case you just need a container that has "no" places for bubbles to form. 
Not sure what you would need to do in the later case to make it happen, 
if you could.

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