Dave wrote:

On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 03:41:42 GMT, Rosalie B.
said:

So more heat
being applied WILL result in higher temperatures than less heat.

I'm afraid your physics is faulty.

I'm not surprised. I've never had any physics. Probably the terms
I'm using are wrong

I know that if I have a lot of something to melt or defrost, I have
to apply heat for a longer time, or apply higher heat than if I have
just a little bit or if the stuff is short and fat (like a turkey)
rather than long and skinny like a french fry (or a coil of solder).

And the part on the edges (like the skin of the turkey) will melt or
defrost first and get hotter than the stuff in the middle (like the
giblets) which are still cold and un melted or un defrosted..

If I heat something up in a pan, the stuff on the edges will get hot
and start to bubble first. It seems to me that the part of a liquid
or a solid that one is trying to liquefy that gets hot first would put
out moisture (in the case of water) or fume (in the case of metal)
while the part in the middle was still getting hot.



grandma Rosalie