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Re: [Phys-l] Why ants survive in a micro wave oven. [Obviously "off list"!]

From: chuck britton <cvbritton@mac.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:11:23 -0500

Can't one determine the vibrational, rotational modes of motion and relate these to a temperature of sorts?
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At 7:25 AM -0800 2/9/12, John Mallinckrodt wrote:

Well... *A* water molecule really can't "get hot."

chuck britton wrote:

But - water molecules are even smaller than ants - and water molecules get hot.

John Mallinckrodt
Cal Poly Pomona
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