Posted by mike99 on February 21, 2006, at 17:15:08 [reposted on February 27, 2006, at 18:06:53 | original URL]
In reply to Re: how hot does it get inside microwaves? » mike99, posted by Larry Hoover on February 21, 2006, at 12:47:11
Thanks for the excellent explanation, Lar. It's been a while since I've taken physics but that really helped to clarify exactly what I was wondering about.
About the styrene vapour--- wouldn't you say it's at least somewhat likely that I could contaminate my food/drinks with styrene by sharing the same microwave with someone who uses styrofoam in it (I know you responded to this earlier)?
I'm just wondering if that vapour can't hang around in the air or deposit within the interior of the microwave and then get into my food when I microwave my food.
With such a toxic compound as styrene unless I'm absolutely certain about the possibility of contaminating my food/drinks I'd prefer to err on the side of caution (which will likely mean lots of cold cereal in my future:(
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