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Glass gets very hot in the microwave. Hot enough to burn skin.
by thomastjeffery 3y ago
Glass gets very hot in the microwave. Hot enough to burn skin.
- reaperducer 3y agoGlass gets very hot in the microwave. Hot enough to burn skin. So does plastic. Also, it's a microwave oven. Who thinks that you can stick your hands on something in a device called an "oven" and not get burned?
- hospitalJail 3y agoThermal conductivity is drastically different. Plastic with a brim is going to be cool, where glass with a brim will be hot.
- jacobwilliamroy 3y agoThere are materials which are "transparent" to microwaves and don't get hot in the microwave oven but I can't remember which ones. And glass definitely isn't one of them.
- adrian_b 3y agoGlass is mostly transparent to microwaves, which is why all microwave ovens include glass plates. The reason why glass vessels become hotter in a microwave oven is because glass has a much higher thermal conductivity than plastic, so it becomes heated from the hot food. Using two pieces of cloth (e.g. cut from a small towel) to hold the hot glass vessel is enough to take it safely out of the oven and this negligible inconvenience matters much less than the undesirable effects of heating food in a plastic vessel.
- jacobwilliamroy 3y agoAgreed. My anxiety is already so high I should probably talk to a doctor about it. I just do all my cooking with glass or steel or wood just so I can have 1 less thing to be worried about.
- thomastjeffery 3y agoNot in my experience, it doesn't. I put my bare hands inside a microwave and pick up the paper or plastic from inside all the time! The entire point of using a microwave is convenience. If I'm going to have to break out the oven mitts, I may as well just use the oven or an air fryer.