Ron Roy on wed 10 mar 04
If you remember my question - Maybe iron oxide is not a problem in
microwaves but the metal is - does anyone know about that?
Tom Buck sent this explanation - and it does mean - iron oxide - black or
red - is not a problem - which explains why high iron glazes do not heat up
or spark.
RR
Ron:
a MW oven causes foods to become hot because water is a polar
molecule and it flip-flops extremely rapidly, emulating normal molecular
motion that occurs when things are heated. Iron oxide (red or black) is
quite satisfied electronically, ie, the binding electrons are tightly held
by Fe and O atoms and the Fe/O arrangements are too big to be polar. The
same doesn't occur with metal atoms (metal-to-metal attractions are seldom
via binding electrons) and some valence electrons are "freed" and lead to
sparking.
the source for moving the polar water molecules is
electro-magnetic radiation in the gigahertz range (like radar signals).
be well peace Tom.
Ron Roy
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Ivor and Olive Lewis on fri 12 mar 04
Tom,
What about the Magnetic domains in Iron Oxides. Do they cease to exist
when Iron compounds are formed from the metal or can Energy from the
Magnetron Valve still have an influence on the way the electrons
behave? Does it depend on wave length or quantum leaps or something
like that.
Best regards,
Ivor.
> a MW oven causes foods to become hot because water is a
polar
> molecule and it flip-flops extremely rapidly, emulating normal
molecular
> motion that occurs when things are heated. Iron oxide (red or black)
is
> quite satisfied electronically, ie, the binding electrons are
tightly held
> by Fe and O atoms and the Fe/O arrangements are too big to be polar.
The
> same doesn't occur with metal atoms (metal-to-metal attractions are
seldom
> via binding electrons) and some valence electrons are "freed" and
lead to
> sparking.
> the source for moving the polar water molecules is
> electro-magnetic radiation in the gigahertz range (like radar
signals).
> be well peace Tom.
>
> Ron Roy
> RR#4
> 15084 Little Lake Road
> Brighton, Ontario
> Canada
> K0K 1H0
> Phone: 613-475-9544
> Fax: 613-475-3513
>
>
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