• Letstakealook@lemm.ee
      18·
      1 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·
        1 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·
        1 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·
                1 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·
                    1 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.