Vaporizer 101
What exactly is Vaporization?
All herbs and plant matter contain oils, flavors and other desired compounds. Examples include nicotine in tobacco and terpenes in many other herbs (such as mint). Tobaccos often have flavor compounds added. Vaporization is the process of heating these compounds to convert them to vapor so they can be inhaled. The essential oil does NOT need to be heated to its boiling point for vaporization to occur, but at boiling point it will be most effective.
Take a hair dryer. If the hot air from a hair dryer was at the boiling point of water (100�C) then it would burn you, yet a hair dryer still dries your hair much faster than not using one. The flow of air also helps as it moves the water-vapor saturated air away to let more water evaporate. You can also see this happen when you blow on something to dry it.
The same principles can be applied to vaporizers. The moving flow of air over the herbal Blends excretes the essential oil and flavors to vapors. Regulating the temperature of the air flow near or at boiling point will increases or decreases the rate of vaporization.