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Superheated water

The water is distilled water that has been microwaved for a few minutes. The white powder added is sugar because it has a pretty big surface area. Tap water is less likely to have this effect becau...  
 
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cogkiller45 (1 day ago) Show Hide
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gay
DrLsw (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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if you make it into pure distilled water first
Mik3Anix (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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I pee distilled water, dont all people?
kriptonis (4 days ago) Show Hide
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lol. nice.
piegames1 (1 month ago) Show Hide
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if you boiled it repeatedly. then yeah. but it would just be water... the urine would get boiled out of the water
k0namiman (2 months ago) Show Hide
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Why this happens.
Distilled water contains no impurities. Or, in sciency terms, no nucleation points. There is noplace for bubbles to form in the water. This allows the water to be heated above boiling; boiling water never gets above boiling because the bubbles carry away the energy as fast as you can put it in.
So water here is above 100 celsius. And the sugar is poured in. But it could be anything; what it does is provide a nucleation point. Lots of them. The water now can form bubbles, and >
k0namiman (2 months ago) Show Hide
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the excess energy is released... all at once. The result is an eruption such as this. And it can happen if the water is microwaved, or heated over a stove. It is a real problem, so chemists dealing with heating distilled water in large volumes usually use what is called a 'boiling stone' which provides a nucleation point.
rotaryengine1 (3 weeks ago) Show Hide
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i wish more ppl were like you and use there mind to research and learn the real deal on things in this world. i feel good when i see someone passing on GOOD, non misleading knowledge to others.. keep up the good work.
elitechrstn (1 week ago) Show Hide
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@k0namiman
Thank you! some one on youtube that can actually explain something and back it up.
I just got through yelling at some dumb ass who called me a dumb fuck because he says Lightning is not a plasma lol. what a retard
FearfulAssassin (4 months ago) Show Hide
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impurities lower the chances of water being able to superheat but its not impossible to superheat it if nucleation is minimal.

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