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<blockquote data-quote="Marg's Man" data-source="post: 250534" data-attributes="member: 4085"><p>Warning Science content!</p><p></p><p>Microwave ovens work by vibrating the water molecules of food at their resonant frequency until it warms up. Not rubbing your hands together but rubbing your atoms together!</p><p></p><p>Many foods, especially carbohydrates, also contain the water molecule built into the molecular structure. The 'hydrate' part of the name is chemical double talk for water. Sugars are also carbohydrates. But they are solids so the heat cannot escape as easily as it can in liquid water. Result? It SUPERHEATS. </p><p></p><p>Sugar is extra nasty because molten sugar sticks and transfers more heat into the injured part. Plus it is often much hotter than boiling water. If you can, look at a sugar thermometer, the 'correct' temperature is much higher than the boiling point of water.</p><p></p><p>Here endeth the lesson.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marg's Man, post: 250534, member: 4085"] Warning Science content! Microwave ovens work by vibrating the water molecules of food at their resonant frequency until it warms up. Not rubbing your hands together but rubbing your atoms together! Many foods, especially carbohydrates, also contain the water molecule built into the molecular structure. The 'hydrate' part of the name is chemical double talk for water. Sugars are also carbohydrates. But they are solids so the heat cannot escape as easily as it can in liquid water. Result? It SUPERHEATS. Sugar is extra nasty because molten sugar sticks and transfers more heat into the injured part. Plus it is often much hotter than boiling water. If you can, look at a sugar thermometer, the 'correct' temperature is much higher than the boiling point of water. Here endeth the lesson. [/QUOTE]
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