• SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    How does a kettle warm the water more evenly but a microwave doesn’t? When a kettle has it’s heating element only at the bottom but a microwave blasts the entire mass of water with energy because it sits on a rotating plate.

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      17 hours ago

      Exactly because of that.

      Hot water moves upwards, and if you heat it from the bottom, you get a more even result than if you blast it from all sides.

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      21 hours ago

      Cold water falls to the bottom of a kettle and boils on the bottom. Microwaves can miss the bottom, possibly?