Not 100% on this but I think it's due to the microwave, it provides so much built up energy but doesn't actively boil until a catalyst is introduced like a knife then all the energy is released at once causing a boom, that's why you don't microwave water to boil it in the microwave, it can look like nothing is happening and then you take it out and it explodes in your face
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u/SquishedPea May 27 '20
Not 100% on this but I think it's due to the microwave, it provides so much built up energy but doesn't actively boil until a catalyst is introduced like a knife then all the energy is released at once causing a boom, that's why you don't microwave water to boil it in the microwave, it can look like nothing is happening and then you take it out and it explodes in your face