• Letstakealook@lemm.ee
    18·
    2 年前

    Be very careful doing this. The water can become superheated and explode when the surface tension is broken. Honestly, it’s probably better to find an alternative way to clean your microwave.

    • Cave@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      2 年前

      Couldn’t you put a little salt or something in it to make sure it has a nucleation point to start boiling

    • diverging@lemmy.ml
      51·
      2 年前

      There’s nothing special about a microwave that will superheat water. You can superheat water on a stovetop, but nobody ever says not to boil water on a stove.

            • diverging@lemmy.ml
              1·
              2 年前

              I’ve boiled water in the microwave thousands of times, it’s never been superheated. It’s does not easily happen in a microwave.

              Every time I’ve seen someone test out this microwave myth, they use distilled water and a new container.

                • diverging@lemmy.ml
                  1·
                  2 年前

                  So then the recommendation should be ‘never boil filtered water in the microwave, and never boil filtered water in a new pot on a stove’, not ‘never boil water in a microwave’.

                  Edit: or maybe ‘Never boil filtered water in a glass or ceramic container’ that makes it clear that the method of heating is irrelevant, it’s the condition of the water and container that is important.