schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoxkcd #3022: Making Teaxkcd.comexternal-linkmessage-square101fedilinkarrow-up1370arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1363arrow-down1external-linkxkcd #3022: Making Teaxkcd.comschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square101fedilinkfile-text
No, of course we don’t microwave the mug WITH the teabag in it. We microwave the teabag separately. https://explainxkcd.com/3022/
minus-squareSkunkWorkz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-212 days agoHow does a kettle warm the water more evenly but a microwave doesn’t? When a kettle has it’s heating element only at the bottom but a microwave blasts the entire mass of water with energy because it sits on a rotating plate.
minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·12 days agoExactly because of that. Hot water moves upwards, and if you heat it from the bottom, you get a more even result than if you blast it from all sides.
minus-squaremanicdave@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·12 days agoCold water falls to the bottom of a kettle and boils on the bottom. Microwaves can miss the bottom, possibly?
minus-squaregamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·12 days ago Microwaves can miss the bottom, possibly? Boiling water mixes itself, also: no
How does a kettle warm the water more evenly but a microwave doesn’t? When a kettle has it’s heating element only at the bottom but a microwave blasts the entire mass of water with energy because it sits on a rotating plate.
Exactly because of that.
Hot water moves upwards, and if you heat it from the bottom, you get a more even result than if you blast it from all sides.
Cold water falls to the bottom of a kettle and boils on the bottom. Microwaves can miss the bottom, possibly?
Boiling water mixes itself, also: no