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  2. Water heating - Wikipedia

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    Typical domestic uses of hot water include cooking, cleaning, bathing, and space heating. In industry, hot water and water heated to steam have many uses. Domestically, water is traditionally heated in vessels known as water heaters, kettles, cauldrons, pots, or coppers. These metal vessels that heat a batch of water do not produce a continual ...

  3. Mpemba effect - Wikipedia

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    The phenomenon, when taken to mean "hot water freezes faster than cold", is difficult to reproduce or confirm because it is ill-defined. [4] Monwhea Jeng proposed a more precise wording: "There exists a set of initial parameters, and a pair of temperatures, such that given two bodies of water identical in these parameters, and differing only in ...

  4. Scalding - Wikipedia

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    Scalding is a form of thermal burn resulting from heated fluids such as boiling water or steam. Most scalds are considered first- or second-degree burns, but third-degree burns can result, especially with prolonged contact. The term is from the Latin word calidus, meaning hot. [1]

  5. Tankless water heating - Wikipedia

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    Savings in water use: Users in remote points in the building do not have to run the hot water as long, waiting for it to get to the faucet. Unlimited hot water: Though flow rate determines the amount of hot water the heater can produce, it can deliver it at that flow rate indefinitely. However, this can also be an ecological disadvantage, as ...

  6. Superheated water - Wikipedia

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    Water is a polar molecule, where the centers of positive and negative charge are separated; so molecules will align with an electric field.The extensive hydrogen bonded network in water tends to oppose this alignment, and the degree of alignment is measured by the relative permittivity.

  7. Hydronics - Wikipedia

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    Hydronics (from Ancient Greek hydro- 'water') is the use of liquid water or gaseous water or a water solution (usually glycol with water) as a heat-transfer medium in heating and cooling systems. [1] [2] The name differentiates such systems from oil and refrigerant systems.

  8. Young boys face charges for allegedly dumping hot water on ...

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    A 12-year-old boy in Georgia suffered second-degree burns and several teenagers are facing serious charges after they allegedly dumped scalding hot water over his face during a sleepover.. The ...

  9. Radiator (heating) - Wikipedia

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    A hot-water radiator consists of a sealed hollow metal container filled with hot water from a boiler or other heating device by gravity feed, a pump, or natural convection. As it gives out heat, the hot water cools and sinks to the bottom of the radiator and is forced out of a pipe at the other end.