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ProfessorGAC

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9. Just A Couple Nits To Pick

Reply to LakeSuperiorView (Original post)

Mon Feb 11, 2019, 10:09 AM

Feb 2019

The water vapor near the boiling point is actually quite high, so that vapor condenses rapidly into aerosolized water droplets in 5 to 20 micron size.
Because at that size, the surface to mass ratio is VERY high, so those droplets lose calories by the millisecond.
The result is that the aerosol of droplets actually do freeze.
The other point is that this actually not that inherently dangerous, but the handle, or container slipping can cause the water to go too straight up.
Hence, it's an accident that doesn't necessarily have to be rooted in stupidity.

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Boiling water challenge sends at least 8 people to hospital during polar vortex... [View all] LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 OP

Can I suggest you edit your headline? brooklynite Feb 2019 #1

General Discussion has no exact headline requirements, yet I used it anyway. LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 #3

I think the point is that it might in the hundreds Ms. Toad Feb 2019 #6

You could write the author of the article, I provide the link... LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 #8

No. Dumb people don't deserve that Yosemito Feb 2019 #2

If you throw boiling hot water on yourself, what happens? LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 #4

They thought it would freeze Yosemito Feb 2019 #5

What happens to people that throw boiling water on themselves? LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 #7

Ask me what they thought Yosemito Feb 2019 #11

Sorry, you don't get to dictate my posts. LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 #12

And while you may pretend that they deserve second- and third-degree burns LanternWaste Feb 2019 #27

Thanks for trying to explain my thoughts to me... LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 #43

Wow..... 912gdm Feb 2019 #45

Post removed Post removed Feb 2019 #47

oh, you're a hoot. 912gdm Feb 2019 #48

I think I understand your user name now... cwydro Feb 2019 #41

I'm perfectly willing to let Uncle Chuck (Darwin) cull the herd Blue_Tires Feb 2019 #36

Just A Couple Nits To Pick ProfessorGAC Feb 2019 #9

"so that vapor condenses rapidly" Where did the water vapor come from? LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 #10

Vapor/Liquid Equilibrium ProfessorGAC Feb 2019 #13

Now you are just dancing. LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 #14

Your Challenging Established Science ProfessorGAC Feb 2019 #15

You are talking to a scientist as well. LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 #16

Do you know what aerosolize means? ProfessorGAC Feb 2019 #18

Do you know what water vapor is? LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 #19

Th ou Know Nothing About Science ProfessorGAC Feb 2019 #24

Much as you failed to provide objective evidence to support your premise as well. LanternWaste Feb 2019 #28

I don't what burr you have under your saddle, but you have provided absolutely nothing. LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 #44

Lol. ProfessorGAC, give it up. Hortensis Feb 2019 #21

Yeah ProfessorGAC Feb 2019 #25

To some, a bachelors in Chemistry and Biology is not disdained. LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 #26

Last Word ProfessorGAC Feb 2019 #39

Post removed Post removed Feb 2019 #42

Batman's a scientist too. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2019 #35

Where is his degree from? Is it an accredited school? LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 #38

I showed my daughter and a group of her friends Petosky Stone Feb 2019 #17

:) Thanks for another view into that reality. Hortensis Feb 2019 #22

So insulting to Dumbasses, LakeSuperiorView. Be kind; they just can't help themselves. Hekate Feb 2019 #20

Huh, I guess your favor dumbasses over people with allergies... LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 #23

What pretense leads you to allege your judgment is relevant? LanternWaste Feb 2019 #29

Hmm, try going back and reading for content. LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 #30

It does freeze, you're wrong Blues Heron Feb 2019 #31

Hey read what the professor has said. Don't take my word for it. LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 #32

That's right, you're wrong on this. No magic, just you Blues Heron Feb 2019 #34

I am not the person that said the condensing water vapor freezes. LakeSuperiorView Feb 2019 #37

This is why I still love DU.. SoCalDem Feb 2019 #33

I was just going to say "wow" three times and then lunatica Feb 2019 #40

A lot more than 8 people do stupid things every day with far worse consequences MrGrieves Feb 2019 #46