Then how the heck do you expect me to heat my porridge?Martin Milner wrote:...People of extremely low intelligence should not play around with microwave ovens.
...or dry the puppy?
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...or dry the puppy?
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Nanohedron wrote:....I have to say I probably wouldn't have thought to wet the sponge before nuking it if I had. It's a good thing I have a soft spot for my pathogens.
I'm glad I'm not the only one. This has been a very educational thread for me.Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium. ~ Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence.----Seneca
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The reason the water did not boil in the microwave in the first place may have been because he was using distilled water. For reasons not quite clear to me water that does not contain any impurities does not boil. The introduction of the coffee mix (or just the spoon itself) would have introduced something into the water that was not the water, hence a violent explosion of superheated water.chrisoff wrote: ...One of these involved putting water in a mug and heating it in the microwave, before adding a teaspoon full of coffee to the cup (at this point we're wondering why they didn't just boil a kettle like most other people). The water had become superheated and the act of putting a cold teaspoon into it made it suddenly remember that it was supposed to boil. The end effect was an explosion of absurdly hot water all over the individual trying to make a cup of coffee in a stupid way...
If I were'nt scared away from being a physics major by the prospect of calculus two and three I'd have a better explaination than that. But as long as you use tap or mineral water the above should not happen.
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I'd guess it has to do with surface tension. Analogous to a rain drop, in which the surface tension goes up toward infiinity as the drop diameter goes toward zero -- this is why rain drops tend to form around dust particles instead of out by themselves (and leave your car looking dusty after a rain). Maybe bubbles need a "seed" to form around, too.
Or not. It's been 15 years since I morphed from a chemical engineering student into a software developer, and the memory started to go long ago...
Or not. It's been 15 years since I morphed from a chemical engineering student into a software developer, and the memory started to go long ago...
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emmline wrote:Sorry--this thread title reminded me of The Green Mile...bad memory!!
Yes! wet the sponge or really bad things happen.....
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As I understand it, water can also get superheated if you microwave it twice.
In a smooth container like a glazed coffee mug, the first-time nuking will get the tiny air pockets and such out of the water. Boiling happens because of these tiny disturbances. So, there is a danger to nuking water, forgetting about it, and then re-nuking it.
Caj
In a smooth container like a glazed coffee mug, the first-time nuking will get the tiny air pockets and such out of the water. Boiling happens because of these tiny disturbances. So, there is a danger to nuking water, forgetting about it, and then re-nuking it.
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Seriously?avanutria wrote:Most (in my experience) American kitchens don't have electric kettles.chrisoff wrote:But really, if you have a microwave in a kitchen chances are you're going to have a kettle as well. So boil the water in the proper bloody appliance in the first place and you don't have a problem.
Then how do Americans make a cup of tea? Something's very wrong here...
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So how do you make a hot beverage? Or a pot noodle? Aside from the microwave obviously.avanutria wrote: Most (in my experience) American kitchens don't have electric kettles.
When you cook rice, or boil potatoes do you heat the water in the pan from cold? I usually boil it in the kettle so it's got a head start. Or are we back to the microwave again?