ABSTRACT
Consulting Fig. 1, it can be seen that in traversing the path CA, the destination (A) is the same as before, while the route has changed. It is of course well known that reducing the applied pressure (e.g., atmospheric pressure) results in the lowering of the boiling point of water. At sufficient low applied pressure, the water would boil at room temperature, thus reaching the line representing the kinetic superheat limit, though not now at the point A, but further toward the Y axis. Thus boiling and cavitation are part of a continuum of behavior, and it is not surprising that they share closely similar mathematical descriptions.
