the temperature at which bubbles just start to appear in a heated liquid mixture
bubble point in Chemical Engineering
(bʌbəl pɔɪnt)
Word forms: (regular plural) bubble points
noun
(Chemical Engineering: Distillation)
The bubble point temperature is the temperature at which vapor first forms from a liquid.
When the liquid reaches its bubble point temperature, vapor is formed and this vapor bubbles through the liquid.
Bubble point is the temperature at which the saturated liquid starts to boil off its first bubbleof vapor.
The bubble point temperature is the temperature at which vapor first forms from a liquid.
Related wordsCompare bubble point, the temperature at which vapor first forms from a liquid to dew point, the temperature at which liquid first forms from a vapor.