Earlier I was boiling water on the stove. For whatever reason, I added an ample amount of cold water to the kettle as it was boiling. What surprised me was that the kettle seemed to "explode" from the inside at random times.
Why does it do this?
My guess is that the extreme temperature difference and the cold water not being distributed evenly....but I can't seem to explain why the "explosion" was quite forceful.
Go ahead. Try it yourself:
1)Get water to boil in a kettle.
2)As the water is boiling, add a cup or more of cold water.
3)IMMEDIATELY cover the kettle and stand back! The water did splash at the top....
I tried searching for this phenomena but I failed. If you can tell me what this is, that'll be great.