band_on_the_run@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 year agoHow geologists collect lavai.imgur.comimagemessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1779arrow-down117
arrow-up1762arrow-down1imageHow geologists collect lavai.imgur.comband_on_the_run@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoA vital detail you forgot to mention is that water can store an absurd amount of heat even before it boils, and when it starts boiling it stops getting warmer and instead simply takes boils faster and faster the more heat is applied. It’s honestly basically magic.
minus-squareFaresh@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year ago and when it starts boiling it stops getting warmer and instead simply takes boils faster and faster the more heat is applied Isn’t that how most matter behaves?
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoyeah but how often do you go about boiling anything else?
A vital detail you forgot to mention is that water can store an absurd amount of heat even before it boils, and when it starts boiling it stops getting warmer and instead simply takes boils faster and faster the more heat is applied.
It’s honestly basically magic.
Isn’t that how most matter behaves?
yeah but how often do you go about boiling anything else?