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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure the magma would have to be considerably hotter to actually be boiling.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

It has a lot of dissolved water that, if exposed to atmospheric pressure, boils off. So it could be said to have components that are boiling?