Zeotropic mixtures have different characteristics in convective boiling than pure substances or azeotropic mixtures. Overall, zeotropic mixtures transfer heat more efficiently at the bottom of the fluid, whereas pure and azeotropic substances transfer heat better at the top. During convective flow boiling, the thickness of the liquid film is less at the top of the film than at the bottom because of gravity. In the case of pure liquids and azeotropic mixtures, this decrease in thickness causes a decrease in the resistance to heat transfer. Thus, more heat is transferred and the heat transfer coefficient is higher at the top of the film. The opposite occurs for zeotropic mixtures. The decrease in film thickness near the top causes the component in the mixture with the higher boiling point to decrease in mass fraction. Thus, the resistance to mass transfer increases near the top of the liquid. Less heat is transferred, and the heat transfer coefficient is lower than at the bottom of the liquid film. Because the bottom of the liquid transfers heat better, it requires a lower wall temperature near the bottom than at the top to boil the zeotropic mixture.