• Droggelbecher@lemmy.world
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    3 years ago

    Why isn’t it intuitive that a device designed to evaporate water quickly gets hotter than the boiling point of water

          • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca
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            3 years ago

            And you’re forgetting that water needs huge amounts of heat to evaporate. The heat capacity of plastic is rather small in comparison, so a machine capable of quickly vaporizing water also has the power to melt crappy thin plastic.

            Modern dryers usually have a safety thermostat, but lint buildup is still a big fire hazard, so there are obviously temperatures in significant excess of boiling here.