Colin's Science Project
ABSTRACT
My hypothesis on the relationship between mass and microwaves is that the microwaves will cause the molecules in the mass to vibrate. This movement will cause friction, which in turn will cause the object to heat up. The difference in the amount of heat an object gains has to do with the fluidness of the object. For example, water would heat up more than a rock because the molecules would be able to move around better and faster as opposed to a rock, in which the molecules would be held down quite firm and wouldn’t be able to move much. My experiment tested this hypothesis. A number of objects were exposed to microwaves for equal amounts of time. The temperature was recorded. My hypothesis was correct. Microwaves do heat up mass by friction of the molecules. The amount of friction depends on the fluidness of the object. Another thing that was noticed is that as the temperature of the object increases, the less heat it would gain from a microwave. This fact helps further more support my hypothesis. As an object heats up the molecules spread out, reducing friction.
This project was awarded a certificate of competition