The Science Behind Melting Points



Science expert Dan Souza explains melting points.

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33 Comments

  1. I realize that I’ve not had the interior of my home at lower than 50 degrees, but something about the idea olive oil’s melting point being 50 degrees struck me as too high. I guess I know not to have olive oil out for an outside lunch on a brisk autumn day.

  2. 🍜It would be interesting to learn more about the science of boiling. What is it? How does it work? For example, so many recipes say to bring to a boil then reduce the temperature (while it keeps simmering). How do pressure cookers affect boiling, etc. 🤷‍♀️

  3. One minute 20 seconds of content and one minute 13 seconds of advertising. Somehow, I think ATK are having money problems. I used to receive decent offers to re-subscribe when my sub was expiring. Now, the offers are exactly the same offers as I receive on a different email account that has never been a subscriber. They simply avoid the lines that say I am a valuable former member. Then there are the ones with a 'FREE' gift, but the cost of the welcome back sub is suddenly almost three times what my other offers are. There is no FREE gift there, believe me, it is included in the cost.

    I have no problem with ATK changing their offers, I have a problem with their being totally dishonest about them. If they had been honest, I might well have subscribed again. But now, the chances of that happening are next to zero. Sad.

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