Boiling water in a vacuum sealed bottle?

[mikefraz]

I just bought a double walled vacuum sealed water bottle and was wondering if I will be able to boil water with it. Is it possible?

 

[FordMan08]

try it and see

 

[CountryBoy19]

I just bought a double walled vacuum sealed water bottle and was wondering if I will be able to boil water with it. Is it possible?

Not usually. If you try it and it works then it doesn't really have a vaccuum between the walls. If it doesn't work add are you will get the outer wall extremely hot, possibly causing warping etc. It is typically recommend that you don't heat any type of insulated liquid container whether it's insulated by vacuum or by foam insulation.

 

[herby31]

you may damage the bottle, and i think the insulating qualities of the vacuum layer would hinder your attempts at boiling anyways. also, many metal water bottles have a plastic film lining that can come off into your water if you try to boil in them. one exception to this is the Klean Kanteen brand, they make bottles from food grade stainless, so they don't need a liner.

edit: the single walled klean kanteens can be safely boiled in, so long as you figure a good way to move a hot bottle off the heat source when you are ready to do so.

 

[jrogers]

All else aside, Klean Kanteen makes an excellent, no-frills single-walled bottle. I've abused the heck out of mine and has no issues.

 

[Willie]

Why would you want to?

 

[shibumiseeker]

If you drop hot rocks or bits of metal in it, yes. If you mean holding it over a fire, no.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

It'd be easier to boil water in a paper cup...

-J-

 

[danbb]

I suppose if you put the cup full of water in a vacuum chamber, you could pull a vacuum and get the water to boil at room temperature. If you mean heating up water in it, and boiling it at standard atmospheric pressure, then no.

 

[hammer24]

I suppose if you put the cup full of water in a vacuum chamber, you could pull a vacuum and get the water to boil at room temperature. If you mean heating up water in it, and boiling it at standard atmospheric pressure, then no.

This was my line of thought with the thread title too!


Yeah....I'm a nerd...

 

[Hogwylde]

THINK about it..........................

The purpose of a double walled vacuum sealed water bottle is to keep hot things hot and cold things cold when placed inside the bottle. It does this by using a double wall and a vacuum inside the bottle to isolate the contents and prevent the heat transfer from the inside to the outside or vice versa.

Simply stated........it PREVENTS heat transfer between the inside and outside of the container. So, how is a container designed to prevent heat transfer to or from the outside to the inside going to be able to move heat from outside the bottle to the inside of the bottle and heat the water?