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An empty plastic or glass dish being removed from a microwave oven is cool to the touch. How can this be possible
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An empty plastic or glass dish being removed from a microwave oven is cool to the touch. How can this be possible

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Plastic and glass are both poor heat conductors. They are insulators which means their electrons don’t move as freely as conductors.
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