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Cool, thanks for the help, guys. I'm a bit of a noob at chemistry so I wasn't aware that just sticking a thermometer in it would tell me the boiling point, but now that I think of it, it makes sense. So the concentration of the salt is not going to affect the BP, or did I interpret it wrong? Thanks again for all the help!

I'm doing a lab for my IB Chemistry class where I'm determining the affect salt content has on the boiling point of tap water. As I was writing out the procedure, I said that I was going to time how long it takes for the water to boil. My question is, given the heat and the time it takes the water to boil, is there an equation to find the boiling point? If not, is there any other way to find it?

Cool, that's a really interesting site. I think I kind of understand it, at least for a non-physicist-ish-type-person to get the main gist of the theory and how it works. Thanks!

Last year I remember reading an article in Scientific American about a Big Bang alternative theory called the Big Bounce. It basically states that instead of a definite begining or end, the universe is actually eternally exploding then imploding back in on itself and then exploding outward again. I dont remember much else besides that from the article other than it worked because of some strange quantum physics that I was really confused by it. Does anyone know what I'm talking about and can expalin how it works for me?