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Exploding Egg

In their report Saurabh Goyal from Queen Mary's Hospital in the U.K. and colleagues write about a 9-year-old girl who reheated a previously boiled egg (with an intact shell) in the microwave on full power for 40 seconds. She removed the egg from the microwave, placed it in a bowl, and 30 seconds later, the egg exploded while she was carrying it to the table. Part of the egg hit her right eye and face.

Parts of the egg pierced her cornea, the transparent covering that lies over the pupil and iris (the colored part of the eye), and ruptured her lens, the disc-shaped structure that lies just behind the pupil. After the injury, she could see only hand movements with her right eye.

The girl underwent surgery to repair her cornea. Three months later her lens was replaced with an artificial lens similar to how cataract surgery is performed. Her vision then returned to normal.

Read Carefully!

The researchers say that the instruction manual that comes with microwaves includes a warning against heating eggs with an intact shell. Manufacturers recommend multiple piercing before cooking or heating eggs, even those already boiled.

But the researchers say, in light of these findings and the potential seriousness of injuries from exploding eggs, warning should be more obvious -- possibly displayed on the microwave itself.

Safety Notes When Operating a Microwave

When used correctly microwaves ovens are safe. However there are some tips when considering the proper and safe use of microwaves to avoid injury. According to the National Institutes of Environmental Health Science:

* Do not operate an oven if it is damaged. The oven door must close properly and there should be no damage to the door seals and sealing surfaces, hinges, and latches.
* Do not use aluminum foil at anytime during the heating cycle. Metal utensils and utensils with metallic trim should not be used in the microwave oven.
* Avoid heating materials in cylindrical-shaped containers. Liquids heated in certain shaped containers (especially cylindrical-shaped containers) may become overheated. When overheated, liquids may splatter during or after the heating cycle resulting in possible injury.
* When heating liquids in screw-cap bottles, completely loosen the screw-caps to prevent pressure build-up within the container. This pressure build-up with a cap that is not sufficiently loose can cause the bottle to explode.

And one final safety note: Be careful when removing containers from the microwave. Some containers absorb heat and may be very hot. Use protective gloves to minimize any possible injuries.
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mAd_ScIeNtIsT

I've seen a video of an egg exploding in a microwave.. it's sooo cool.

I guess the logic behind it is that as we all know, microwaves work by heating up water molecules. In both raw and boiled eggs with intact shells, the water heated up inside the egg becomes steam and exerts a high pressure on the shell from within (an egg shell being completely sealed, there is no vent for pressure to escape through)

In the case of this girl, the steam inside the egg shell continued to exert a pressure on the egg shell even after being removed from the microwave, weakening the shell over the course of 30 seconds to the point where catastrophic integrity failure occured and the shell exploded outwards at high velocity.

Munni

I dont use the microwave much, but one day I decided to put some food in with aluminum foil. Thank Allah that I stayed to watch what happened next. To my shock and horror, the foil caught on fire upon which I quickly turned off the microwave.

mAd_ScIeNtIsT

My friends was trusted me to the keys to their flat for the forst time, and gave me some papers bags with tandoori chien inside to go and microwave so that it would be warm and ready when they arrived a few minutes alter.

So I poppsed the first bag into the microwave and much to my alarm, the bag burst into flame. I stopped the microwave, wopened it and desperately blew on the burning bag until the fire went out.... close one.

Turns out that the "paper" bag had aluminium lining inside... and ended up with slightly singed chicken

Femme Fatale

Married NY kabhi tau u r exploding butter, kabhi it's the poor eggs. Why so destructive? Khair as long as you don't make something that explodes in the tummy I guess its kinda sorta okayyyishly alright.

funguy

Femme, the 'inside explosions' are not as bad as some desis make it sound like. This is true for both, the exploder and the explodee.

Femme Fatale

Are you talking about what I was talking about??? I was talking about food items exploding inside or outside the human body. You are talking about???

MARRIED NY

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cat-woman

Munni why would you ever put foil in a microwave?