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shmokes:
I'm no scientist, and my experiments are decidedly informal.  But I'm telling you, I heat up this water on a regular basis and it doesn't boil until I disturb it, but I never see it explode the way it does in that video, and the way it is described by people who have been injured by it.  I assume this is because I'm not getting it as hot.  Maybe it's because the thing I'm disturbing it with is a large block of ice, which causes such an abrupt temperature change that much less of the water suddenly boils.  In any case, there seems to be different levels of violence associated with the sudden boiling of superheated water, which led me to believe that some water was significantly higher than 100c degrees.

Ed_McCarron:
I've actually had it happen.  Take a smooth, glazed mug.  Fill with water, then let sit in the microwave for 15 minutes because you forgot you were making tea.

Come back, turn on microwave for 3 or 4 minutes.

As soon as its done, drop in a teabag.  The burn has since healed, but I'd say at least half of the mug flashed to steam, and damn near the rest of the water splashed out at the same time.

Had a nasty burn on about half of my hand.  Hurt like a SOB for a week.

ChadTower:

Moral:  don't teabag things without warning.

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