Why boiled water cannot be reboiled?!


Question: My guess is that the advice you received assumes you're using the same pot to reboil. The first boil was probably effective is reducing dissolved gasses like Chlorine and Fluorine. What it didn't reduce is dissolved solids, like lead, Potassium, Sodium, Cesium, and the like.

A second boiling would just reduce the liquid volume, thus increasing the concentration of dissolved solids. This probably isn't too harmful (depending on your location), but would likely alter the flavor of the water, change its cooking properties, and certainly wouldn't be a good thing to subject your pot to -- you'd essentially be making very "hard" water, which could corrode, stain, and oxidize the material in the pot, thus incorporating more dissolved solids.

This is all especially likely because boiling happens at 212 degrees F -- a relatively high termperature. All chemical reactions are accelerated with termperature.


Answers: My guess is that the advice you received assumes you're using the same pot to reboil. The first boil was probably effective is reducing dissolved gasses like Chlorine and Fluorine. What it didn't reduce is dissolved solids, like lead, Potassium, Sodium, Cesium, and the like.

A second boiling would just reduce the liquid volume, thus increasing the concentration of dissolved solids. This probably isn't too harmful (depending on your location), but would likely alter the flavor of the water, change its cooking properties, and certainly wouldn't be a good thing to subject your pot to -- you'd essentially be making very "hard" water, which could corrode, stain, and oxidize the material in the pot, thus incorporating more dissolved solids.

This is all especially likely because boiling happens at 212 degrees F -- a relatively high termperature. All chemical reactions are accelerated with termperature.
it can be.


can you amplify or explain your question, please?
Maybe your stove broke. Water can heat and reheat all day long. If it all evaporates then you have a problem.
I've reboiled water, so I don't know what you mean.
because water once boiled turns into steam. I can be re-boiled if it's done in a closed system with a condenser. Nuclear propulsion on ships and subs is achieved this way.
It can, after it becomes cooler than the boiling point.
It can be..over and over and over until gone...
i do it all the time.
Because boiled water is steam, unless you can capture the steam and condense it, trick question eh?
It can be. The only time i have heard it is relating to making a pot of tea, because when water boils it releases oxegen from the water, you should stop the kettle just before it boils because the oxegen helps permiate the flavour. or something like that
Absolutely don't reboiled water after boiled. It endanger our health by drinking this type of water. Same as water in a plastic bottle put inside your car for several days, never drink it!




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