bighitta12 t1_j68f8xy wrote on January 28, 2023 at 2:06 PM Reply to ELI5: why can't we use electricity to kill microorganisms in small amount of water ? by FreshT3ch Because electricity kills you either by stopping your heart or burning you to death...it would take a ridiculous amount of energy to thermally kill the microbes, and they don't have a heart or circulatory system so that's out the window... Permalink 2
bighitta12 t1_j68f8xy wrote
Reply to ELI5: why can't we use electricity to kill microorganisms in small amount of water ? by FreshT3ch
Because electricity kills you either by stopping your heart or burning you to death...it would take a ridiculous amount of energy to thermally kill the microbes, and they don't have a heart or circulatory system so that's out the window...