making popcorn is really.. cruel.
the water inside the kernel heats up and wants to escape from the enclosed starch prison, which is hard and cold (its natural frequency is not the same as that of water, so microwave will do nothing to it). Eventually, it gains enough energy from the waves to escape- and it leaves the kernel, causing a small (from our pov) explosion which results in the kernel being flipped in-side-out.
it's almost like a topology question
I kinda played w my food and realised that the kernels at the centre pops the last and those at the side (but not too side) pops first. I've always thought that the waves are concentrated at the middle but I guess not.
ahh, I miss physics. I miss being curious about this world from a scientist's POV.
curiousity- I think that's why people will be crazy enough to put their beloved puppies into microwave ovens- to see what happens. to see if the world will flip them inside out. and if it does, how does it look.
no wonder most scientists are crazy. I guess you'll have to be in order to qualify.
the water inside the kernel heats up and wants to escape from the enclosed starch prison, which is hard and cold (its natural frequency is not the same as that of water, so microwave will do nothing to it). Eventually, it gains enough energy from the waves to escape- and it leaves the kernel, causing a small (from our pov) explosion which results in the kernel being flipped in-side-out.
it's almost like a topology question
I kinda played w my food and realised that the kernels at the centre pops the last and those at the side (but not too side) pops first. I've always thought that the waves are concentrated at the middle but I guess not.
ahh, I miss physics. I miss being curious about this world from a scientist's POV.
curiousity- I think that's why people will be crazy enough to put their beloved puppies into microwave ovens- to see what happens. to see if the world will flip them inside out. and if it does, how does it look.
no wonder most scientists are crazy. I guess you'll have to be in order to qualify.
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