What sparked my interest in this forum?

[antima]

This is not a post. Just now I registered myself at this site with name ANTIMA
I am a retired physicist - got into this group by chasing a recipe that involved heating oil in a microwave oven !
I hope to begin by read the interesting threads in this forum before starting new ones or contributing my tuppence
Greetings to all

 

[jedishrfu]

Welcome to PF!

What was your physics specialty?

I hope that recipe you were chasing is not dangerous. Heating oil in a microwave can lead to some serious burns if you're not careful, I imagine.

 

[antima]

Welcome to PF!

What was your physics specialty?

I hope that recipe you were chasing is not dangerous. Heating oil in a microwave can lead to some serious burns if you're not careful, I imagine.

Hi
My Physics speciality was Atomic and Molecular Physics later came to referred to as Chemical Physics

Anyway, the recipe i was looking at referred to oil being heated (in a Microwave safe dish) - Still I wondered about the mechanism of oil absorbing this frequency, and surfing took me to, along with other references, to :

http://thebeautybrains.com/2014/09/is-it-okay-to-melt-coconut-oil-in-a-microwave-oven/(the site has a tagline : real scientists answer your beauty questions )

which in turn referred its more curious readers to this forum with
"if you really want to geek out on dielectrical constants and specific heat capacity check out this thread about microwave absorption by oil in the Physics Forum"

and here I am!

 

[Tom.G]

...heating oil in a microwave oven !

Oh My, that would really stink up the place!

 

[James Williams]

Curiosity can lead us all down some strange paths ...

 

[WWGD]

Welcome! I will leave it at drinking coconut water.