• Question: can a laserheat up pot noodles so you can eat it and if it did would it take 2.5 seconds

    Asked by mollieskye to Ben, Jony, Katharine, Mark, Peter on 18 Nov 2011.
    • Photo: Mark Basham

      Mark Basham answered on 15 Nov 2011:

      Excellent question,

      I’m not sure but I would definably like to find out.

    • Photo: Ben Still

      Ben Still answered on 15 Nov 2011:

      Pot Noodles will never be edible heated with a laser or not! 😉

      This is something that cannot be answered off the top of my head but it is all to do with the power of the laser and how that power is transferred to the water. The bonds in water are vibrated best by microwaves – hence a microwave in the kitchen – and laser light has a much shorter wavelength so it is not suited to heating water really.

    • Photo: Katharine Schofield

      Katharine Schofield answered on 18 Nov 2011:

      I don’t recommend eating pot noodles…

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