Author Question: Your inventor friend proposes a design of cookware that will allow boiling to take place at a ... (Read 49 times)

lak · **on:** Aug 27, 2018

Your inventor friend proposes a design of cookware that will allow boiling to take place at a temperature less than 100C so that food can be cooked with less energy. Comment on this idea.

A) This idea would not be very profitable because it is the high temperature and the resulting thermal energy given to the food that is responsible for cookingif the water boils at a low temperature insufficient energy is given to cook the food.
B) This idea has already been invented and is called a crock pot, or a slow cooker.
C) This is impossible because water only boils at 100C, unless it is in a vacuum, and it is not possible to create a vacuum outside of the lab.
D) It is a great way to cook food and save energy while preventing vitamins and nutrients from being destroyed in high temperatures.

Question 2

The number of nonbonding pairs in the ammonia molecule is ________.

A) one
B) two
C) three
D) four