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c9I just witnessed science! And I didn't understand it!! It was very startling!!!*
I boiled water for dinner, then turned off the element to wait for Vinny to get home. I saw his bus arrive, so I turned the element on again, and watched it start to bubble ever so slightly from one spot on the bottom. I took off the lid to get ready to put the pasta in, and a small piece of angel-hair pasta fell in early. The water instantly went to a violent boil, from nothing. Zoom!
Like I said: Science! (oooooo!)
* I buy my exclamation points in bulk these days.
I boiled water for dinner, then turned off the element to wait for Vinny to get home. I saw his bus arrive, so I turned the element on again, and watched it start to bubble ever so slightly from one spot on the bottom. I took off the lid to get ready to put the pasta in, and a small piece of angel-hair pasta fell in early. The water instantly went to a violent boil, from nothing. Zoom!
Like I said: Science! (oooooo!)
* I buy my exclamation points in bulk these days.
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Date: 2007-01-04 02:37 am (UTC)I think it has something to do with something called hydrostatic equilibrium... it's the same reason you should drop a spoon into water you have just heated in the microwave. If you disturb the equilibrium, the pressure between layers is of matter is released, allowing the water to boil.
I think.
I just remember the microwave thing. :-P
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