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I was thinking about a laser, a very strong laser, how does it "burn" things? And what about the microwave oven? What happens in the atomic scale? I know that when something has an increase in temperature the atoms moves quicky because the the temperature is proportional to the kinetic energy. How the waves transfer kinetic energy to the atoms and molecules of those object's
I think is because the waves transfer energy to the electrons of the atoms but it doesn't make sense because all the atom (then the nucleus) has to acquire energy, not just the electron.
I think quantum mechanics is involved in a possible explication of the phenomenon so please explain me the process (how the light tranfer energy) step by step if you can use also equations (if they are differential equations show them in the simpler form)
Thanks
I think is because the waves transfer energy to the electrons of the atoms but it doesn't make sense because all the atom (then the nucleus) has to acquire energy, not just the electron.
I think quantum mechanics is involved in a possible explication of the phenomenon so please explain me the process (how the light tranfer energy) step by step if you can use also equations (if they are differential equations show them in the simpler form)
Thanks