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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Apparently, salt in water does two things:

  • makes it need less energy to raise in temperature (and therefore somewhat faster to reach e.g. 100°C)
  • raises the boiling point, so if you add a lot of salt, it might not start turning into a gas / violently bubbling until 105°C.

https://www.livescience.com/56214-does-salt-make-water-boil-faster.html