ermmm... putting metal in microwave can be BAAAAD, mmmkay.
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 5:37 PM, Man on Bridges <manonbrid...@aim.com> wrote: > Hi, > > From what I know, is that when you want to boil a cup of water in a > microwave (b.t.w. over here we tend to call it a magnetron), > you are required to put a metal spoon in the cup of water to make sure it > will boil in a regular way. > > I seem to recall it has to do something with the surface structure of the > spoon, so bubbles will be created. > A similar kind of experiment was done by Mythbusters and others as well with > a bottle of Coke and some Mentos. > It was concluded that structure of the Mentos was one of the main reasons > the Coke gushed like a fountain out of the bottle. > > Kind regards, > > MoB > >
