I had that exact thing happen to me in my college chemistry class (except for the melting part, of course). The work benches were wide enough that people could work on both sides, and there were sinks in the middle. We were heating something or other in test tubes to precipitate a white solid. The student across the table finished and started to clean up. He ran water into his still hot test tube. It flashed into steam and sprayed the contents of the test tube all over me. Luckily, 1) the white solid was in fact salt, and 2) we were all wearing safety glasses. That was 40+ years ago, and it’s still very clear in my mind.
I had that exact thing happen to me in my college chemistry class (except for the melting part, of course). The work benches were wide enough that people could work on both sides, and there were sinks in the middle. We were heating something or other in test tubes to precipitate a white solid. The student across the table finished and started to clean up. He ran water into his still hot test tube. It flashed into steam and sprayed the contents of the test tube all over me. Luckily, 1) the white solid was in fact salt, and 2) we were all wearing safety glasses. That was 40+ years ago, and it’s still very clear in my mind.