Ok, now this is probably stupid or of no intrest to most so this is the reason for posting it in dev/null. Just last night I was reheating some chinese food in the styrofoam container that it comes in and noticed that when in the microwave the container spins faster than the rotational plate inside. If anyone can elaborate on why this might happen I am curios.
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Yeah, I finally get to use all those years of Physics Classes. (Now this is where I start to sound like a complete nerd :D )
Microwaves generate electromagnetic waves were the friction that is made normally just heats. However, with microwaves that have rotational plate in them the motion that makes the plate spins leads to friction, and this friction can lead to a chain reaction of not only the heating of food but illusion of objects moving faster than what they really are.
Here is an example of why the container looked like it was moving faster:
Two waves of friction are moving in opposite directions, as if they are just bouncing back and forth. The container also makes a wave and this wave is the "sum" of the two friction waves as they interfere with each other. As the two friction waves move back and forth across the container waves it gives off the visual illusion of the container moving faster than the plate it is on, when if fact both are moving at the same rate.
*There is an other factor that comes in play with this but I can't remember it off the top of my head*"It is difficult not to wonder whether that combination of elements which produces a machine for labor does not create also a soul of sorts, a dull resentful metallic will, which can rebel at times". Pearl S. Buck
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Originally posted by lil_freakYeah, I finally get to use all those years of Physics Classes. (Now this is where I start to sound like a complete nerd :D )
Microwaves generate electromagnetic waves were the friction that is made normally just heats. However, with microwaves that have rotational plate in them the motion that makes the plate spins leads to friction, and this friction can lead to a chain reaction of not only the heating of food but illusion of objects moving faster than what they really are.
Here is an example of why the container looked like it was moving faster:
Two waves of friction are moving in opposite directions, as if they are just bouncing back and forth. The container also makes a wave and this wave is the "sum" of the two friction waves as they interfere with each other. As the two friction waves move back and forth across the container waves it gives off the visual illusion of the container moving faster than the plate it is on, when if fact both are moving at the same rate.
*There is an other factor that comes in play with this but I can't remember it off the top of my head*If there is a Church of WiFi, then this is it's !
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Originally posted by lil_freakYeah, I finally get to use all those years of Physics Classes. (Now this is where I start to sound like a complete nerd :D )
*There is an other factor that comes in play with this but I can't remember it off the top of my head*
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Originally posted by highwizardYou are correct!!!! NERD!!!!
/me gets especially nerdy with way too much caffeine in her system"It is difficult not to wonder whether that combination of elements which produces a machine for labor does not create also a soul of sorts, a dull resentful metallic will, which can rebel at times". Pearl S. Buck
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Originally posted by astcellOf course to really make this a valid test you should microwave other foods in other containers as well.
I do like to do microwave experiments/tests.
Originally posted by highwizardDont' forget: "You must follow the scientific method" then report your findings back to us."It is difficult not to wonder whether that combination of elements which produces a machine for labor does not create also a soul of sorts, a dull resentful metallic will, which can rebel at times". Pearl S. Buck
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