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---------------------- Forwarded by Vince J Kaminski/HOU/ECT on 04/24/2001
10:22 AM --------------------------- Youyi Feng@ENRON 04/24/2001 09:50 AM To: Vince J Kaminski/HOU/ECT@ECT, Stinson Gibner/HOU/ECT@ECT, Pinnamaneni Krishnarao/HOU/ECT@ECT, Vasant Shanbhogue/HOU/ECT@ECT, Mike A Roberts/HOU/ECT@ECT, Sandeep Kohli/ENRON_DEVELOPMENT@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT, Joseph Hrgovcic/HOU/ECT@ECT, Tanya Tamarchenko/HOU/ECT@ECT, Zimin Lu/HOU/ECT@ECT, Maureen Raymond/HOU/ECT@ECT, Martin Lin/HOU/ECT@ECT, Osman Sezgen/HOU/EES@EES, Paulo Issler/HOU/ECT@ECT, Amitava Dhar/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Alex Huang/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Kevin G Moore/HOU/ECT@ECT, William Smith/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Jose Marquez/Corp/Enron@ENRON, Chonawee Supatgiat/Corp/Enron@Enron, Tom Halliburton/Corp/Enron@Enron, Elena Chilkina/Corp/Enron@Enron, Sevil Yaman/Corp/Enron@Enron, Sofya Tamarchenko/NA/Enron@Enron, Bob Lee/NA/Enron@Enron, Gwyn Koepke/NA/Enron@Enron, Shirley Crenshaw/HOU/ECT@ECT, Youyi Feng/NA/Enron@Enron, Praveen Mellacheruvu/HOU/EES@EES, Stephen Bennett/NA/Enron@ENRON, Roman Zadorozhny/HOU/EES@EES, Lance Cunningham/NA/Enron@ENRON, Leann Walton/NA/Enron@ENRON, Shane Green/HOU/EES@EES, Seksan Kiatsupaibul/HOU/EES@EES, Kate Lucas/HOU/ECT@ECT, Nelson Neale/NA/Enron@Enron, Rabi De/NA/Enron@ENRON, Kenneth Parkhill/NA/Enron@ENRON, Jaesoo Lew/NA/Enron@ENRON, Jason Sokolov/HOU/ECT@ECT, Steve Bigalow/NA/Enron@Enron, Tom Barkley/NA/Enron@Enron, Rakesh Bharati/NA/Enron@Enron, wnarongw@enron.com, iris.mack@enron.com, Mitra Mujica/ENRON@enronXgate, Anguel Grigorov/HOU/EES@EES, Kenneth Deng/HOU/EES@EES, Dayne Zimmerman/HOU/EES@EES cc: Subject: Boiling Water in the Microwave Oven Dear Friends, The following message may give you of a warnning for cautious use of microwaves. Youyi ---------------------- Forwarded by Youyi Feng/NA/Enron on 04/24/2001 09:47 AM --------------------------- From: Jeff Sung/ENRON@enronXgate on 04/23/2001 06:09 PM To: Martin_Wang@eogresources.com@SMTP@enronXgate, Wayne Feng/ENRON@enronXgate, Youyi Feng/NA/Enron@Enron cc: Subject: Boiling Water in the Microwave Oven <<FW: Boiling Water in the Microwave Oven< <Boiling Water in Microwave << < < < << < < <This is scary and I know most of you do this: << < < < << < < <I feel that the following is information that any << < < <one who uses a microwave oven to heat water should be << < < <made aware of. << < < <My 26-year old son decided to have a cup of << < < <coffee. He took a cup of water and put it in the microwave << < < <to heat it up (something that he had done numerous << < < <times before). I am not sure how long he set the timer << < < <for but he told me he wanted to bring the water to a << < < <boil. When the timer shut the oven off, he removed he << < < <cup from the oven. As he looked into the cup he noted << < < <that the water was not boiling but instantly the water << < < <in the cup "blew up" into his face. The cup remained << < < <intact until he threw it out of his hand but all the << < < <water had flown out into his face due to the buildup of energy. His << < < whole << < < <face is blistered and he has 1st and 2nd degree burns to his face <<which << < < <may leave scarring. << < < <He also may have lost partial sight in his left << < < <eye. While at the hospital, the doctor who was << < < <attending to him stated that this a fairly common occurrence << < < <and water (alone) should never be! heated in a << < < <microwave oven. If water is heated in this manner, something << < < <should be placed in the cup to diffuse the energy << < < <such as a wooden stir stick, tea bag, etc. It is << < < <however a much safer choice to boil the water in a tea << < < <kettle. << < < <Please pass this information on to friends and << < < <family. << < < < << < < <Here is what our local science teacher had to say << < < <on the matter: "Thanks for the microwave warning. I << < < <have seen this happen before. It is caused by a << < < <phenomenon known as super heating. It can occur anytime water << < < <is heated and will particularly occur if the vessel << < < <that the water is heated in is new, or when heating a small << < < <amount of water (less than half a cup). << < < <What happens is that the water heats faster than << < < <the! vapor bubbles can form. If the cup is very new << < < <then it is unlikely to have small surface scratches << < < <inside it that provide a place for the bubbles to form. << < < <As the bubbles cannot form and release some of the heat << < < <that has built up, the liquid does not boil, and << < < <the liquid continues to heat up well past its boiling << < < <point. What then usually happens is that the liquid is << < < <bumped or jarred, which is just enough of a shock to cause << < < <the bubbles to rapidly form and expel the hot liquid. << < < <The rapid formation of bubbles is also why a << < < <carbonated beverage spews when opened after having been << < < <shaken." << < < < << < < <If you pass this on ... you could very well save << < < <someone from a lot of pain and suffering. << < < < << < < <General Electrics response: << < < < << < < <Please include the following line in all replies. << < < <Tracking number: AT20001114_0000000135 << < < < << < < < << < < <Thanks for contacting us, Mr. Williams. I will be << < < <happy to assist you. The e-mail that you received << < < <is correct. Microwaved water and other liquids do not << < < <always bubble when they reach the boiling point. << < < <They can actually get superheated and not bubble << < < <at all. The superheated liquid will bubble up out of the << < < <cup when it is moved or when something like a spoon or << < < <tea bag is put into it. << < < <To prevent this from happening and causing injury, << < < <do not heat any liquid for more than two minutes << < < <per cup. After heating, let the cup stand in the << < < <microwave for thirty seconds before moving it or adding << < < <anything into it. << < < < << < < <X-Mozilla-Status: 0009=+0<I hope this helps. Should you need any << < < further << < < <assistance, please contact us. << << << << << <<
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