I’m actually a little confused about the thermodynamics involved in getting water hot enough to cause such serious burns and yet have it not assume gaseous form. I mean, I’m well aware that pressurized steam can attain temperatures to cause 3rd degree burns, and I’m reasonably sure that you can replicate those wounds with water that has reached a constant boil…but hot coffee? Poured into a cup and then transferred from its heating source to a car? If I cut the stove for more than ten seconds the water loose enough heat to stop boiling.
What crazy magic-in-cup is McDonalds brewing?
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Originally Posted by Invisible Queen
When I hear of these hot coffee incidents I always remember this unlikely story I heard about how Starbucks have a patent on a water molecule design that keeps coffee liquid up to 3000°C.
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Oh, so that's the unlikely magic....