Re[3]: Error Condition Re: infrared

["Neil, David M" <NEILDM@inel.gov>]

     Exactly.  It's a metal plate with high heat conductivity. I recall the
     one I handled as seeming a bit heavy for aluminum and the wrong color
     for copper (or gold for that matter).  Probably some alloy.

     Dave Neil
     neildm@inel.gov
     maclir@sisna.com


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Subject: Re[2]: Error Condition Re: infrared
Author:  RADSAFE (INELMAIL.RADSAFE) at _EMS
Date:    3/10/97 3:42 PM


Is it possible that the miracle thaw is supposed to work because it is a better
thermal conductor than ceramics and hence conducts heat away from the "meat"
faster than a plate?
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Subject: Re: Error Condition Re: infrared
From:    radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu at mgdestmx01
Date:    10/3/97  1:41 PM

That's interesting.  I had not heard that.  I have seen (in person)
demonstrations (of material that the Miracle Thaw is supposed to be made of)
which showed ice melting quite a bit faster on this plate (made of the
ceramic material) than on a conventional plate.  You could then touch the
plate and feel that the temperature of the plate with the melted ice cube
was significantly lower than that of the conventional plate where the ice
cube was still melting.

Honestly, this is the extent of what I know about the Miracle Thaw and the like.