-Caveat Lector-   <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">
</A> -Cui Bono?-

Again, it IS common!  And it has happened in front of me at least
10 times!

So, screw what ever is said below cuz I FRICKIN KNOW!



On Sun, 6 Feb 2000, Ynr Chyldz Wyld wrote:

> -Caveat Lector-   <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">
> </A> -Cui Bono?-
>
> Okay, here's the segment of the Tourbus newsletter I got a few weeks ago,
> explaining how the exploding microwaved water phenomenon is extremely
> rare...
>
>
> June
> ------------------------------
>
> URBAN LEGEND #2: water heated in a microwave oven could possibly
> 'explode' into a steam bubble, causing a scald burn.
>
> Ding-ding-ding.  We have a winner!  It turns out that this urban
> legend is true ... sort of.  It is theoretically possible that water
> heated in a microwave oven could reach temperatures above 100 C
> without turning into steam.  When something is added to this
> superheated water (a tea bag, a spoon, or whatever), the water would
> rapidly change states from water to steam.
>
> Fortunately, this is pretty rare.  So rare, in fact, that you need not
> warn your friends about it.  According to our friend David Emery,
>
>       A search of the medical literature on microwave injuries ...
>       [shows] references to trauma caused by everything from overheated
>       pizza to exploding eggs, but no mentions I could find of serious
>       injury due to surges or explosions of boiling water.
>
> Anyway, if you want to learn more about turbulence and nucleation in
> superheated liquids (whee!), take a look at either
>
> <A HREF="http://www.snopes.com/spoons/faxlore/microwav.htm">
> http://www.snopes.com/spoons/faxlore/microwav.htm </A>
>
> or
>
> <A HREF="http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/mcurrent.htm">
> http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/mcurrent.htm </A>.
>
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