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Why does food cook faster in a pressure cooker? | StemPy Lab
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Why does food cook faster in a pressure cooker?
Physics
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High School (11–12)
Heat & Thermodynamics › Calorimetry and Change of State
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Why does food cook faster in a pressure cooker?
The lid stops the food from boiling
Steam has a lower boiling point
The higher pressure raises the boiling point, so the water inside gets hotter than
100
∘
C
100\ ^\circ\text{C}
100
∘
C
The pressure pushes heat into the food
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