tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post4875325434098731587..comments2024-03-11T13:47:03.621-05:00Comments on Physics and Physicists: Using Leftover Valentine's Day Candy To Measure The Speed Of LightZapperZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861398273820851809noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-43661210623277575362010-02-16T20:32:05.316-06:002010-02-16T20:32:05.316-06:00This doesn't work with all ovens. I tried it m...This doesn't work with all ovens. I tried it myself once with marshmallows in my kitchen, and the burn pattern was a seemingly amorphous hodgepodge. I looked into it and found that some of the better ovens have spinning reflectors inside their ceilings to scatter the radiation. There's no standing wave pattern.Bradleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-55165119442509202072010-02-16T20:09:31.212-06:002010-02-16T20:09:31.212-06:00Well I don't know about all that... but I pref...Well I don't know about all that... but I prefer the version of this experiment that uses the less tasty and more fun marshmallows! This seems like a waste of chocolate :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-44185534318961343812010-02-16T12:52:07.526-06:002010-02-16T12:52:07.526-06:00That's what has always bugged me about this ex...That's what has always bugged me about this experiment. Do we have a measurement of the frequency of the microwaves in the oven which isn't dependent on the wavelength?<br /><br />Cavity Magnetrons use their size to determine their resonant frequency, so it seems likely that it's really picking a resonant wavelength, and if c were different the same size magnetron would yield a different frequencey.Buddha Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17167036913705912859noreply@blogger.com