Salt doesn't really make water boil fatser, amirite?

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by Anonymous 14 years ago

Already went over that in chem. Still doesnt seem to be so.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

What, exactly, were you told? Most additives raise the boiling temperature and/or lower the freezing temperature. Salt (I assume you mean NaCl) is no exception.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Yes, that's what I was told, and I understand it, but the point I was trying to make was that it wasn't a big enough difference in time for it to matter, and therefore didn't help.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

To matter for what? To help what? If you're putting an additive to water that raises the boiling temperature, of course it would take longer because you need to get to a higher temp.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Okay, then my post is correct. Salt does not make water boil faster. Why did you comment just to prove what I said right?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Based on your statements in #22807, I suspect that you're actually complaining about something else, but failboat at expressing your ideas. Perhaps "Salting water before cooking spaghetti doesn't help enough to cook it faster, amirite?"

by Anonymous 14 years ago

My post is technically correct. Now please go annoy somebody else.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

So it begs the question, "Who ever thought that it'd be faster to boil something that needs to be heated longer by definition?" ...lol

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I've put "yes I agree" because your statement is objectively true and also recommended it for deletion for the same reason. What's the fun in an amirite that can't be disagreed with?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Have you heard of ice burns? Put salt on your arm and lay an ice cube on top of it, instant burning sensation.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Step 1: Learn chemistry

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well, I surely hope salt wouldn't make water boil "fatser". Sounds unhealthy.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's not faster to boil but faster to cook. If you put the salt in with the water, it raises the boiling point which will take less time for your pasta to cook (I'm assuming you are cooking pasta). Probably more than you really wanted to know.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It makes it longer to boil, but people do it because it makes cooking time less. THe water is now at a hotter temperature, making the food cook faster

by Anonymous 13 years ago

salt highers the boiling point so it boils slower but then things cook faster because the temp of the water is hotter. thats why you add salt to water when cooking, not to make it boil faster, but to make it cook faster

by Anonymous 13 years ago

if it makes it boil slower, but cook faster. isn't the time you have to wait just as long? so why not leave it alone and let it boil and cook at it's own time....

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yea, um, when making tea, I just might take the time to let it boil itself.

by Anonymous 13 years ago