Introduction: You

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Introduction Youre Gonna Do What with my
Microwave?!?

• Test the microwave absorption of various
  substances
• Offer an Explanation
• Look at Other Cool Things that Could Be Done

Waylon Flinn, Spring 2001
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Microwaves from the Kitchen to the Laboratory

• Things that Dont Work
• Metal
• Wood
• Plastic
• Things that Do
• Water

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So Whats Going On

• Electromagnetic Interaction The Dipole Moment
• Electrical Interaction and Rotational Freedom

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Further Investigation

• Strong Dipoles in the Liquid phase
• Water - 1.87
• Methanol - 1.7
• Ethanol - 1.69
• Acetone - 2.88

(Numbers given are dipole moments)
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Non-absorption Hey, is this Thing Broken or What?

• The Aforementioned Non-Dipoles, Metals and
  Complex Structures
• Metal
• Wood
• Plastic
• Other Stuff
• Ice
• Polyurethane

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Conclusion Dont Try This at Home.

• The Key is a Good Apparatus
• I wish I had one
• Electrical Properties Rotation/Deformation ?
  Absorption
• Still some cool things to try