I know Oppo usually does these but I wanted to get in on the fun as well. I hope I measure up.
Came across this and thought, “That Interesting”. Here are the highlights.
Scientists figure out why food sometimes sticks to nonstick pansNow I know what you’re thinking. So stop it right now or I’ll call your mother. Ahem. Of what earthly interest could this be? Well allow me to give you some previews before you follow the link at the bottom to read the whole article. Which I know you will. The Emu will expect it.
Nine out of ten times, the eggs, perfectly cooked, slide seamlessly from pan to plate.
That kind of performance is good enough for most home cooks, but researchers at the Czech Academy of Sciences found themselves perplexed by that tenth breakfast.
Well I know Meatloaf would have been jealous.
“We experimentally explained why food sticks to the center of the frying pan,” study author Alexander Fedorchenko said in a news release.
“This is caused by the formation of a dry spot in the thin sunflower oil film as a result of thermocapillary convection,” said Fedorchenko, a researcher with the Institute of Thermomechanics at the Czech Academy of Sciences.
When any pan is heated from below, a temperature gradients forms within the layer of oil — including sunflower oil, which the researchers used for their experiments.
Because heat lowers surface tension, a surface tension gradient followed the formation of the temperature gradient in the pan. Sunflower oil slipped away from the center of the pan, where it was hottest, and concentrated around the pan’s outer edges.
Tell me more, tell me more…
This deformity inhibits the performance of the nonstick film, whether flowing oil or the nonstick coating itself, and allows food to stick.
But what is it good for? I hope not absolutely nothing. Don’t make me say it again.
The phenomenon can help explain the behavior of films, not just in pans, but in electronic devices and other kinds of technologies.
“Dry spot formation or film rupture plays a negative role, resulting in sharp overheating of the electronic components,” said Fedorchenko. “The results of this study may, therefore, have wider application.”
Well there you go. And you can all go here for the article that has a link for the academic paper.
Governor Lepetomane: Holy underwear! Sunflower oil slipping away! Food sticking to non-stick pans! We have to protect our phony baloney jobs here, gentlemen! We must do something about this immediately! Immediately! Immediately! Harrumph! Harrumph! Harrumph!