2006-11-13 12:06:33 · 2 answers · asked by toesockaholic24@sbcglobal.net 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
you don't wnt the cookware to chemically react with acids and such in the food.
At the least, it would make the food taste different, at the worst, it could be poisonous..
2006-11-13 12:15:21 · answer #1 · answered by chocolahoma 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most ionic compounds are very soluble in water. The hydrogen and hydrogen-oxygen ions in the solution gang up and pull them apart.
An example ionic compound: Na-Cl (Sodium Chloride) aka table salt. Many salts are ionic. They bond strong, but there is only one bond.
Cookware is made out of things that have multiple bonds and can resist the ganging-up that occurs. Metals have these great induced bonds, polymers have nice cross linking and also the great bonds. Silica makes great structures that are resistant to the H and OH ions floating around.
2006-11-17 19:25:51 · answer #2 · answered by Curly 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋