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jerrycotton OP t1_j2bwy5d wrote

Reply to comment by ProveISaidIt in ELI5: Why plates get too hot to touch in the mircrowave but the food can still be cold? by jerrycotton

This is the most poignant reply I have received on all my time on this website, thank you and also for the Corelle dishes recommendation.

Edit: Is this an undercover advertisement for Corelle dishes, if so you deserve a raise!! Haha

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ProveISaidIt t1_j2bxnpl wrote

LOL. No. My folks bought Corelle in the 70s when it was first introduced. When I got married I bought it for my household. So I guess that after almost 50 years that kind of makes me an expert.

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SofaKingI t1_j2cw4gl wrote

FYI that comment is full of inaccuracies.

Molecules moving doesn't cause friction, which creates heat and increases temperature . The vibration of molecules IS temperature.

Heat transfer also only works from the hotter object to the colder one. Once the plate is hotter than the food, heat transfer can't possibly be occuring from the food to the plate. It's the other way around.

So the reason the plate is so hot can't possibly be that it's taking heat directly from the food. The plate's material is absorbing the microwaves.

That last paragraph doesn't even make sense.

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