Olaf Greve wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> >> lists one of the properties of Titanium as being that it
> >> disolves in hot water.
>
> > Well, only the very hottest water :-) . Be careful with your OM4Ti
> > in such cases!
>
> Uhhhhmmmm, _water_ at hottest can only reach 100 degrees centigrade, not
> nearly hot enough to even _melt_ titanium, once the "water" reaches
> temperatures above 100 degrees centigrade, it turns into _steam_ :)
>
Not to belabor the point (and be even further off topic) but water
can reach temperatures of greater than 100 Celsius/212F, just not at
normal Earth pressure. A pressurized environment will prevent the
transition to a gaseous state at 100C. The reverse is also true -
when cooking at high altitudes water will boil at less than 100C ; a
"three minute egg" takes longer than 3 minutes to cook.
Cordially
./patrick
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