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Re: Taste: Microwave Heating vs Boiling



Does anyone know of a reason (other than psychological) why water boiled in
a tea kettle on a range might taste differently than water boiled in cup
in a microwave? Thanks in advance for your input.

The difference might be ascribable to other differences. The water
boiled on the stove was probably in a metal container, while the
other was not.

I will make an entirely different (and insincere) explanation. A
few people on this list believe in the corporeal reality of energy.
Technically, the energy change in a cup of water heated on the
stovetop is due to a process we describe as "heating", and the
energy change in the cup in the microwave oven is due to "working".
Your taste difference might be the first indication that a substance
called "heat energy" has a property different from "work energy". If
true, you are due for a Nobel Prize.

Such is the craziness of physicists.

Leigh