Amechanismisproposedfornucleatepoolboilingheattransferalongwithageneralmodelforbothpureliquidsandbinarymixtrues.Acombinedphysicalmodelofbubblegrowthisalsoproposedalongwithacorrespondingbubblegrowthmodelforpureliquidsonsmoothtubes.Usingthegeneralmodelandthebubblegrowthmodelforpureliquids,ananalyticaslmodelfornucleatepoolboilingheattransferofpureliquidsonsmoothtubesisdeveloped.