How to boil water in a plastic bottle over a campfire - enhance your wilderness survival skills by learning an easy water purification method that provides you something to drink in difficult conditions.

Can you boil water in a plastic bottle, is a quite common question. The short answer is yes and knowing how to boil water in a plastic bottle could save your life one day, because it is a survival water purification method.

Boiling is the rapid vaporization of a liquid, which occurs when a liquid is heated to its boiling point, the temperature at which the vapor pressure of the liquid is equal to the pressure exerted on the liquid by the surrounding atmosphere. The boiling point of water is 100 °C or 212 °F but is lower with the decreased atmospheric pressure found at higher altitudes.

Purifying water by boiling is as a method of killing microbes that may be present in the water. The sensitivity of different micro-organisms to heat varies, but if water is held at 70 °C (158 °F) for ten minutes, many organisms are killed, but some are more resistant to heat and require one minute at the boiling point of water.

Boiling water in a plastic bottle is simple. First you need a fire. If you have your fire large enough, you can move on to your survival water purification. Then you need a plastic bottle. Fill it up two thirds and leave the cap off. Hang the bottle over your fire and wait until the water starts to boil.

There are several methods for boiling water in a plastic bottle over fire, but knowing one is usually enough. And keep in mind, that it is wise to use plastic bottles for water boiling only in extreme situations, because it can be dangerous to your health. High temperature makes all sorts of chemicals leak out of the plastic which then dissolve into the water. If you want to stay on the safe side, use other methods for purifying water in the wild.

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