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Re: Water Boil Water



At 16:40 3/15/98 -0400, you wrote:
Herb was right, it does boil, experimentally. Here are some details.

Outer container --> sauce pan diam=17.5 cm, depth 11 cm
Inner container --> soup can daim=7.5 cm, depth 10.5 cm


Ludwik found a way to defeat the expected outcome.
So can anybody see the reason?
(I'll space down a few lines so as not to spoil your fun:)











He chose a rimmed can which can hold a little superheated steam from the
surface in contact with the heater.

Have a happy day.

Whatcott Altus OK

I doubt that this inadvertant trickery is required.

It's no accident that stressed Chuck Britton
spelled backwards is desserts. britton@odie.ncssm.edu