I was wondering if you could help me understand something that happened in my ki

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I was wondering if you could help me understand something that happened in my kitchen last week: I was warming up some leftovers in the microwave when the food caught fire, presumably because I'd overlooked a piece of tin foil from the wrapping. I switched off and unplugged the microwave, and waited several minutes for the flame to extinguish before opening it. I had just opened the door to let out some of the smoke when the Pyrex plate I was cooking in literally exploded, spewing glass and burnt food all over the kitchen and me! The plate was microwave safe and I'd used it in there many times before. My question is what could have caused it to explode like that?

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Pyrex expands when you heat it, and if it

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