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

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

Well,   now it's "on list".



On 2012, Feb 09, , at 07:25, John Mallinckrodt wrote:

> Well...  *A* water molecule really can't "get hot."
>
> chuck britton wrote:
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> > But - water molecules are even smaller than ants - and water molecules get hot.
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> John Mallinckrodt
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I just tested water in my microwave -- on 30s, and still quite cold.


bc reminds chuck:  most likely ants that a child (nine years old in this case) would place in an oven do not fly.

p.s. I've had an adventitious ant in a microwave (on) and it continued to crawl about.