• @[email protected]
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    42 months ago

    Brother it takes 3 minutes to boil water in the microwave. I have done this without fail.

    It cools down much faster though. Not sure how that works.

    • Cethin
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      152 months ago

      It doesn’t cool down faster. That makes no sense.

        • @[email protected]
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          122 months ago

          It may appear that way if it was unevenly heated, causing pockets of boiling water surrounded by comparatively cool water. This would make it look like it’s boiling, but then, when mixed, it is then much cooler than if heated by a kettle that relies on convection to mix the water.

        • @[email protected]
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          52 months ago

          You can prove it by boiling the water in different ways, putting a thermometer inside and then filming/timing it :D

    • @AnUnusualRelic
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      32 months ago

      Because only some of the water boils, not all of it.

      • Max
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        12 months ago

        It definitely depends on the microwave. In my office, one boils a mug in 2:20, while the other requires over 3 min