• lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    i don’t have a microwave, but isn’t there a chance water can “overheat” in the microwave and instantly, explosively vaporise when you put something in? is this just super rare, so nobody cares?

    • Alexstarfire@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Technically? Yes. Practically? No.

      You’d have to be trying to microwave distilled water to even have a shot.

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        3 months ago

        And it has to be in a perfectly clean container with a pristine surface, like a glass beaker.

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      3 months ago

      Technically, yes.

      I think the scenario would require you to heat up pure H20 in a perfectly clean non porous glass. The H20 would not bubble and boil so the temperature would raise above the boiling point.

      Once anything is introduced, like a spoon or a tea bag, into the liquid it would explode with steam and super hot water.

      I’m sure someone smarter than me could explain it more better.

    • Floey@lemm.ee
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      3 months ago

      I’ve never had water explode in a microwave. Never had a potato explode in the microwave either.