Why does adding water to boiling oil cause an explosion but nothing happens when adding oil to boiling water?
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It’s about why it explodes.
Water sinks in oil
Hot oil (like you’d see in a deep fryer) can get around 400°c before anything happens
Water when water gets to so much as 100°c, it becomes vapour.
When you put water into hot oil, the water sinks to the bottom, immediately gets boiled into water vapour, and the pressure of the water vapour is suddenly under a lot of pressure. *Boom*
When you put room temp oil in boiling water… The oil just floats on top. Since the water can’t get above 100°c, the oil can’t get remotely close to turning into a gas.
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