Can you microwave ice cubes or will they explode?

>>8463457
Yea sure, why not just also place them onto a metal pot and heat that with a stove-top burner, like one would normally boil water?

>>8463459
unfortunately I only have one pot and it's dirty. And I can't clean it because no water to clean with :(

>put ice cubes in a clean glass
>put glass on top of or near a heat source (body, PC, heater, lamp)
>drinkable cold water

So after doing some more research it didn't look like they explode, although pure water can sometimes explode in a microwave. However, the microwave also can't heat ice cubes, only water.
So I'm microwaving them in a ceramic coffee mug, the mug heats up and melts the ice a bit but it takes a while just to get a cup of water... oh well, works for now and my apartment water should be back on in like 2 hours

>>8463479
My heat vents are all high up near the ceiling. I have a laptop that doesn't generate tons of heat. My lightbulbs are all flourescent. And yeah I was just holding the cup trying to heat it with body heat but that's not as effective as you'd think, it was going very slow

>>8463457
Put them in your mouth and let them melt.

Mix it with table salt or crush to increase surface for faster melting.

>>8463596

>Mix it with table salt
wouldnt reccomend that...
bassically because you want to drink it

>>8463457
Ice doesn't absorb microwaves very well. In order to melt the ice cubes you need to add water

>>8463457
Don't use the microwave, it causes radiation.

The best way is to use solar!! You can buy sun dried ice cubes at your local Whole Foods.

>>8463484
>although pure water can sometimes explode in a microwave

I use the microwave to boil a mug of water for tea 2-3 times a day and it does explode sometimes. It happens the most with my double walled borosilicate mug after I've scrubbed and cleaned it real good and smooth. I think its because the clean glass has no or few nucleation sites and the water becomes super heated. It'll sit still till it's disturbed, then boil quickly and vigorously in such a way that it looks like it's exploding. I just drop a spoon in and stand back when this happens.

>>8463457
Go buy a bottle of water, stupid.

>>8463457
Just put it in your body, it will melt.