I successfully boiled water inside of a bud light platinum bottle sat on top of a porcelain plate inside of a pot with chips of glass as boiling stones. I didn't fill it with oil though. I mearly coated the bottom of the pot to prevent the metal from melting and heated slowly over the course of about an hour

I've done basically the same, but with sand. Not sure if it works as well, but seems decent enough. First add a decent layer of sand in the pot, then push/wiggle the bottle/jar into the sand. Finally pour sand down along the sides. Remember that the sand gets really hot, and lifting the bottle/jar means you have to let everything cool before starting again, as you will not be able to push the bottle far enough down into the sand. As a bonus - If it boils over, there is no oil to start a fire.

@anonymousandy2789

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That's a pretty good idea. The sand would protect you from glass shrapnel in the event of overpressuring

Thanks for the video! I don't need to do anything like this, but I really love to see a great science video. Clean editing and efficient and fun explanations, I'm glad I stumbled upon this channel :)

@citizenscientistsworkshop1948

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Waste vegetable oil also works. This is how I heat my "lab glassware".

thanks for the expansion explanation

Excellent Video!!

boiling chip? 😕