Superheating

[PurvyG]

Erm, was this water distilled? if not thats really odd 0_o

[isatube]

Hello, PurvyG, it was bottled water. I was going to cook a recipe with it (tap water was not very good in that kitchen). Perhaps this bottled water increased the chance of superheating. However I had cooked this recipe with bottled water tens of times and it had never ocurred before to me... Thanks for your comment!

[Bearz314]

@PurvyG I'm sorry but you'll be the one who's odd. Supercooling needs pure water, but superheating does not. People all over the world have observed it when they're microwaving their coffee, milk, etc. (Refer Wikipedia) Boiled water, however, increases the chance of superheating as the water is degassed.

[PurvyG]

@Bearz314 Ah yeah I got it wrong, can't remember where I heard it required distilled water from. Loud and clear on wikipedia it states it's a myth. My bad, thanks for correcting me. I suppose the impurities have to be big enough to create areas where gas can be trapped. Of course as has already been proved I occasionally talk crap, so that might be rubbish.

[Bearz314]

@PurvyG You're most welcome. :) I re-read my comments again and found out that I really sounded moody and rude! (In my defense I would like to say I wasn't) O_O Anyway, sorry!

[pams24311]

Do you remember what kind of bottled water (since some types are distilled)?

[isatube]

Hello pams24311! I used a brand called "Sousas" (a Spanish brand). Thanks for your comment!

[EggChops]

wow that water has some major lag problems...

[isatube]

yes, it was sleeping, ;)

[trollwarlord3]

orgasm!

[isatube]

hmm... it would be a nice title for the video! ;)

[taro4012]

"OH WHOOPS I'M SUPPOSED TO BE BOILING SORRY"

[isatube]

haha, don't worry ;)

thanks for your comment!

[lyric142]

@taro4012 LMAO! Hahahah! That made me crack up, maybe that's the benadryl though...

[isatube]

Hahaha :) By the way, what is benadryl? Thanks for your comment!

[lyric142]

@isatube Allergy medication, I use it to help me sleep though, it knocks me out and makes me a little loopy. :P

[isatube]

Hello! Thanks for your explanation! And be careful with the benadryl! ;)

[unusualcatperson]

Were you using distilled or purified water? Because that would probably cause superheating.

[isatube]

Hello, unusualcatperson, it was not distilled water, nor purified water. It was bottled water. I was going to cook a recipe with it. Perhaps this increased the chance of superheating. But, do you think that it was really a decisive factor? I have cooked this recipe with bottled water tens of times and never occured before to me... Thanks for your comment!

[unusualcatperson]

@isatube Bottled water = purified water. Boiling only occurs when there are impurities in the water. Superheating occurs when there are no impurities in the water, but impurities are added. In this example, it would be air bubbles from shaking it.

It's a bit odd that this has never happened in the past, though. It's a possibility that there were impurities added without you knowing it, causing it to boil. But that's somewhat unlikely. Hmmm, haha.

[isatube]

Hello, unusualcatperson. Perhaps, that day, the water was purer than the other days. Or, perhaps, the pot was cleaner than the other days. I don't know... Thanks for your detailed explanation!

[LadyGreyMyst]

This happened to me two weeks ago. The pot was on the stove on high heat for about 20 minutes in the back of my mind I thought it should be boiling, I put a small bit of butter on a knife and scraped it off on the edge of the pot. There were two loud pops which made me jump back then about a quart of water blew out of the pot all over everything. About a 3' diameter circle was as far as it reached. I didn't know it was possible on a stove I had seen it on mythbusters and they used a microwave.

[isatube]

Oh! My experience was very similar! Next time, remember, take a videocamera and record it! Thanks for your comment!

[bucadoX]

Cool, you'll remember the rest of your life what superheating is, haha!

Your were quite lucky, I heard that it's almost impossible to create that in your own kitchen :)

[isatube]

Yes! I am always thinking about it! I would like to be so lucky with lottery! ;)

Thanks for your comment!

[Tullidar1]

that's cool :D

[isatube]

Yes!! It is something absolutely different from we are used to!

Thanks for your comment!

[InSaneTK]

I love the clunky sound your oven makes. It sounds so silly.

[isatube]

Oh! I have an idea! We could create some ringtones with that sound!!

Thanks for your comment!

[iseesquares]

that is pretty cool , you should have put salt or something in it , would've been much cooler

[isatube]

Hello iseesquares! Thanks for your interesting idea! Next time, if any, I will try it!

[tehcommunist1]

i belive puting salt in would ruin the effect

[slapinthefaceprod]

That is too cool! It's almost like the water was trying to splash you =P

[isatube]

Yes!!! It's amazing!!!

[Ginkoof]

ahh that would freak the hell outta me

[isatube]

yes!!

[isatube]

Hello serialkissersband! That pan was on a student hall of residence where I lived for one year. It was not a new pan, but it was a good quality one. Sometimes I think that I should have bought it, because it had something special... Thanks for your comment!

[tauwilltriumph]

Intriguing. Overly intrigiung.

[isatube]

Yes! It is an amazing phenomenon! Thanks for your comment, tauwilltriumph!

[KYstu2009]

super heating water happens when there is no convection in the water being boiled and the water is heated uniformly , also the water must be free of by products such as chemicals in tap water.because the water is being heated uniformly and there is no convection moving the water, then the water can pass it's boiling point thus being super heated. the surface tension of the water holds the water still and when you break the tension then it spontaneously boils. :) glad AP chemistry taught me this.

[isatube]

Hello KYstu2009! Your explanation is wonderful! Now I understand this phenomenon a bit better! Thanks for your comment!

[dorgodorato]

All i can say to that is, you must have a very nice smooth pot!

[isatube]

Hello dorgodorato! That pot was on a student hall of residence where I lived for one year. I think that it was not a new pot, but, certainly, it was a good quality one.

Thanks for your comment!

[SuperSaiyanGoku2868]

To IsaTube

Bottled water huh?

Aquafina is very pure bottled water,and i dont think it would 'boil' after 30 minutes.

The said water only evaporates in intense heat.

When disturbed...Agh,i'm not smart enough for this regimen of my comment. Oh Well!

[isatube]

Hello SuperSaiyanGoku2868! Thanks for your comment. I've been reading about that bottled water, Aquafina. They say that it is tap water with a seven-step purification process. I'm wondering what is the difference between that water and distilled water. xD

[gat6000]

Nice video, thanks for uploading.

[isatube]

I'm glad that you liked it! Thanks for your comment!

[scottylans]

I am impressed - you must have very very clean tap water for this to happen.

I always try to superheat my water in the microwave but I can't do it.

[isatube]

Hello scottylans!! I didn't use tap water that day, I used bottled water (some time ago I used to use bottled water for some recipes).

I think that it is easy to superheat water in a microwave oven (there are a lot of videos on YouTube), but, be careful, it can be dangerous.

Thanks for your interesting comment!

[TIAAVENDEALANTIN]

thats pretty cool...and also pretty uncommon to be able to super hear water like that in a metal pan. Usually there are enough small scratches and stuff on the bottom of the pan to allow bubbles to start forming. Good thing ya figured out what was going on before ya tossed in some pasta or something and burnt the heck out of your hand. I remember making a cup of instant coffee in water that I heated in the microwave, dumped the coffee in and it boiled all over the place.

[isatube]

Hello TIAAVENDEALANTIN!! Thanks for your interesting comment! I figured out what was going on because it had happened to me some years ago, so, when I remembered that, I took my videocamera and started recording!

Thanks for your interesting comment!

[xXemolieswithinXx]

lol...u should have dropped a sugar cube in it......

[isatube]

Why? Would it have caused any amusing effect?

Thanks for your comment!

[xXemolieswithinXx]

ur welkom...and yeah...the water would freakout and start bubbling like crazy

[isatube]

Oh! Interesting! Do you know some video on YouTube with that effect? Thanks!

[juicer11234]

you cant superheat tap water

[isatube]

Do you think that it would be impossible?

Thanks for your comment!

[gallerto]

Amazing!

This is the only video I found in the internet where you can see superheating without using a microwaves (and I watched every video about superheating I have been able to find).

Congratulations and thanks for uploading this video!!

[isatube]

Hello gallerto! Thanks for your kind words! I'm glad you liked it!

[scanningallvidzs]

the distilled water absorbed all the heat and when its disturbed the water tension breaks, therefore increasing the contact of air and water, causing the boiling effect

if that was inside a microwave and the water contained in a glass cup the cup will blow apart into the interior of the microwave when it's slightly disturbed if you keep boiling it for some time.

[isatube]

Hello scanningallvidzs! I did not use distilled water, I used bottled water (I always use bottled water for some recipes).

Thanks for your interesting comments!

[elgranto7]

it superheats because you were using distilled water. Normal water only boils because of impuritys(tap water). when you moved the pan i'm guessing the unexposed metal caused it to boil =].

lol if you had put food in there it would have caused boiling water to splash.

[isatube]

Hello elgranto7! I did not use distilled water that day, I used bottled water (I always use bottled water for some recipes).

Thanks for your comments!

[powerplant024]

No you just used Distilled water. What happens because there are no impurrities it doesnt boil but then when it is agitated air gets in it then it can boil. Just get some distilled water. Just becarful becuase if agitated it could explode when you are not ready

[isatube]

Hello powerplant024! I did not use distilled water that day, I used bottled water (I always use bottled water for some recipes).

It would be interesting to try it with distilled water, as you say!

Thanks for your comments!

[Turgor]

Was it a fairly new pot perhaps, and did you clean it thoroughly with something soft (so there's no scratches on the metal)? Also the tap water in your area must be very pure to achieve this i think. And i notice it's an electrical stove (or is it induction?), so the heating was distributed more evenly than on a flame, that probably helped.

Did you ever manage to reproduce it?

[isatube]

Hello Tugor!

1) The pot was on a student hall of residence where I lived for one year. I think that it was not a new pot...

2) I cleaned that pot with a normal sponge, without any special care...

3) I did not use tap water that day, I used bottled water (I always use bottled water for some recipes)

4) Yes, it was a electrical stove

5) Yes, I have tried to reproduce it many times, but I did not get any results...

Thanks for your comments!

[LemonThe]

huh thats weird..

[isatube]

yes! it's surprising! :D

[hthmoney]

i dont like the music

[isatube]

Sorry... The song is "Moment of Glory", by Scorpions. I was listening to it when I recorded the video... Next time I will use a song from Dragon Ball or Naruto ;)

Thanks!

[Londonbrig0]

The music doesn't like you either.

Awesome video by the way, isatube. I've never seen superheated water on a stove before.

[isatube]

I'm glad that you liked it. Thanks!

[trangdung1]

it is not super heat!. when you boiling water in stove or microwave. you make the water in stabe condition while water bond absorb heat. There are not thing to disturb while water molecules bond absorb heat. the condition above or around water surface have the same water temperature. So water bond/strenght can't escape to the surface. Different when you boil on burner. the plate get hot at bottom and disturb water molecule above it cause boiling/buble.....So you disturb the water property.

[isatube]

Umm, that is very interesting... Why is not it superheating? How must I call it?

Thanks :D

[JacapoSaladin]

dude it IS superheating. Trangdung doesnt know wtf he is talking about. you super heated distilled water past 100 degrees celcius and by shaking it you added impurities, which made it boil

[isatube]

Thanks! But it was not distilled water...

[JacapoSaladin]

hmm, really? do you run your tap water through a filter? or was it bottled water?

[isatube]

Hello! Yes, it was bottled water. I was cooking a recipe; I always use bottled water for that recipe. Perhaps this increased the chance of superheating. But, do you think that it was really a decisive factor? I have cooked this recipe with bottled water tens of times and never occured before to me...

[diceman73]

did you use a different brand like fiji?

[isatube]

Hello diceman73! I used a brand called "Sousas" (it is a Spanish brand).

[norwaypwnsj00]

It'd be sweeter if that exploded onto your face!

[isatube]

Yes! I will try it next time! ;)

[Mo0seHead12]

Wow hey ouf i can't talk

[isatube]

yes! it's surprising! :D

[RishavR]

ahh that banging sacred me hahah

[isatube]

me too! :D

[ArashixArashi]

ooh that was cool!

Glad you didn't get hurt!! That stuff is dangerous x_x

[isatube]

You are very kind! Thanks! :D

[wolfaxel3000]

crud!!!

[isatube]

Thanks! :D

[AthensHunter]

lol

[isatube]

Thanks! :D

[Vicariousinsanity]

RUN! It's pissed! Awsome, i just heard about this. Pure water that's gone over it's boiling point. Aggitate it and boom. hello. Same deal as supercolling. The water won't crystalize unless it's aggitated. Causeing it to hit itself sort of. the closer to pure water you get the better chance of either of these.

[isatube]

Hello! Your comments are very interesting!

In this case the water was not pure water.

Thanks!

[GoldEliteKiller]

Lol, sounds like someone taking a dump!

[isatube]

Yes! It sounds like that! :D

[GoldEliteKiller]

Hahaha.

[asianspark]

Wow, this is so interesting!

Never happend to me...

Becareful next time =D

[isatube]

Hello asianspark! It seems that this phenomenon is more common on microwave ovens than on stoves. It happened to me only two times in my live.

Thanks for your comment.

[VanTiki]

That is what is actually supposed to happen to water when it boils. Impurities in cooking equipment among other things cause an unequal distribution of heat, causing what we recognize as boiling water. So you either have some good cooking equipment and a good hotplate that cause relatively equal distribution of heat, or you got lucky.

[isatube]

Hello VanTiki. Your comments are very interesting. That equipment was on a student hall of residence where I lived for one year.

[keselmaneugene]

thanks for the info...interesting indeed maestro!

[isatube]

thanks to you! :D

[keselmaneugene]

next time put a beer bottle non twist off in to a micro...it goes off like a grenade...seriously do it outside and watch from afar it will leave a crator

[isatube]

Oh! I'm scared!

[keselmaneugene]

one other ? does it still evaporate because it does not look like it does?

[isatube]

Hello! The water was not boiling before hitting the pot. And there were not bubbles at the bottom of it. But the water was evaporating. If you adjust the brightness of your screen I think that you could see this evaporation on the video.

Thanks for your comments!

[iruiz29]

Wierd. I thought that only happened w/microwaves. Good thing you knew about super heating and didn't get scalded :D

[isatube]

Yes! It seems that heating water can be very dangerous! :D

Thanks for your comment!

[OmniNero]

If you or anyone else has a site or knows something about superheated water, please post them! I'm looking for some specific information, rather than general, that would make a successful experiment, but anything would be fine. I need all the help I can get!!

[isatube]

Hello! You can try to search for science forums on the Internet. There you can ask your questions. Please, show us the results of your experiment. Don't forget to record it on video. We want to see it! ;)

[Intranetusa]

wow, this is extremely rare. you'd near very pure water, and getting it to superheat on an open pot is nearly impossible. awesome XD

[isatube]

Thanks for your comments! It happened to me only two times in my life. The first time was better than the second, but I don't have any video of it... At that time I didn't know the superheating phenomenon and I couldn't believe what I was seeing!

[Intranetusa]

awesome XD

[pyroguy6]

You're talking about superheating, not hawt bumsecks, right?

Pretty cool.

[isatube]

Sorry, I don't understand... ¿What do you mean with "hawt bumsecks"?

Thanks!

[pyroguy6]

"The first time was better than the second but I didn't film it"?

Hawt Bumsecks= Hot Bumsex?

Jeez. Just my twisted sense of humour, don't mind me.

[isatube]

Oh! Good joke! I liked your sense of humour!

Thanks!

[OmniNero]

Wow! That was pretty cool! I found this video at a perfect time. My group and I are actually doing a science project about superheated water. The other comments about supercooling and such - I find that very interesting. I might just try it.

[isatube]

Thanks!! And good luck with your science project!

[OmniNero]

Thanks! I'll definitely need it. If you or anyone else has a site or knows something about superheated water, please post them! I'm looking for some specific information, rather than general, that would make a successful experiment, but anything would be fine.

[isatube]

Hello! You can try to search for science forums on the Internet. There you can ask your questions. Please, show us the results of your experiment. Don't forget to record it on video. We want to see it! ;)

[turol6696]

i like the background music...

[isatube]

The song is "Moment of Glory", by Scorpions. I was listening to it when I recorded this video. :)

[FullMentalPanic]

haha, wow. this is one of the cooler, erm, i mean hotter superheated water clips on youtube. i am surprised though because usually it takes a microwave to heat water without any nucleation sites.

[isatube]

Thanks for your comments!

[gorlam]

u can do something very simmiler (but much cooler) by super cooling distiled water bellow 0 deg cel. say 10 and when u swirl it round or band it to create bubbles it will instantly freeze

[isatube]

umm, interesting, gorlam, thanks for your comments

[flashcloud]

I saw an effect just like this when I took a water bottle out of the deep freezer. The water had sat in it for two days and when I opened the freezer door and took the water out it was still liquid. I turned the bottle upside down wondering why it wasn't frozen and it quick-froze from bottle cap to the bottom. I thought I was imagining things.

[isatube]

The first time I saw the superheating fenomenon it happened the same to me, I thought I was imagining things.

Thanks for your comments.

[Zylem]

lol like how you try banging all those other things first. How did you superheat it using a stove though?

[deathwishdorris]

Put some distilled (important) water in a microwave for about 3 mins on highest power and drop a sugar cube in it. It will explode. The distilled water has no impurities and won't boil, so when it gains impurities it will explode.

[isatube]

Hello Zylem! First I put some water into the pot. Then I started the stove and set its power to the maximum level. Ten or twelve minutes later the water was not boiling and there were not bubbles at the bottom of the pot. I thought that something strange was happening and it came to my mind the superheating fenomenon, so I took my videocamera and started recording (continues in the next comment)

[isatube]

In the next seven minutes there were no changes (no boiling, no bubbles) so I decided to hit the objects in order to make small vibrations, but the water remained the same. Finally I hit the pot directly and suddenly the water started boiling. I was cooking when I recorded this video. I don't know how I superheated the water, sorry. Thanks for your comments.