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From: devine@asgb.UUCP (Robert J. Devine)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: Why boil cold water
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Date: Mon, 13-May-85 14:33:44 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 13 14:33:44 1985
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>      There is actually a scientific reason to boil cold water as opposed to
> hot (it may not be the pertinent reason, though).  Cold water will boil
> FASTER (yep, that's right) than hot water.  This is because the cold water
> contains more oxygen than the hot water (now what that does is beyond me).
> The above strange fact was passed on to the freshman chemistry class I took
> in college.

  Actually, I believe it is the other way.  Hot water FREEZES faster
than cold water.  My chem TA had an argument with a professor over that
point and won.

  What is this doing in net.cooks....?


Bob Devine