Is it safe to heat food is styrofoam?

[Kid_Icarus 0]

Well is it? Sometimes the food eats holes in it or almost all the way through. Were is the styrofoam going?

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Well is it? Sometimes the food eats holes in it or almost all the way through. Were is the styrofoam going?

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[kelel01 1]

Do you have a plate? Put it on a plate, and then you won't have to worry about it.

I generally do not re-heat stuff in the styrofoam container, though.

[DrunkMonkey 0]

You can make your own Napalm by dissolving styrofoam in gasoline.

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Well is it? Sometimes the food eats holes in it or almost all the way through. Were is the styrofoam going?

Yes it's bad, anytime plastic melts around food is generally a bad thing.

[tigra 0]

Its really not good.

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You need a good woman there to cook for you. Then you won't need to reheat stuff.

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You need a good woman there to cook for you. Then you won't need to reheat stuff.

I need one of those too - any good women for hire?

My fantasy woman = gourmet in the kitchen, white tornado in the house, green thumb in the garden, and Speedy Gonzales with the errands.

Room and board provided.

Thanks.

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Its really not good.

do mind if your nutz shrivel up from free radical cfc's in your food......i am not a scientist though.

[tcnelson 1]

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Well is it? Sometimes the food eats holes in it or almost all the way through. Were is the styrofoam going?

styrofoam is a polymer of the styrene molecule. it's not okay to microwave it because it absorbs energy in the microwave part of the spectrum and melts. by comparison, it doesn't absorb energy as quickly in the infrared part of the spectrum so that is why you can put relatively hot food in it and it will be fine. as someone already stated, styrofoam is soluble in organic solvents such as gasoline, acetone, pretty much any non-polar solvent unlike water or alcohol.

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Geek talk is sexy.

geeks rule the world!! some of us are pretty hot too; just not me!!

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some of us are pretty hot too; just not me!!

Whatever....so do you wanna go make out now?

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so do you wanna go make out now?

we could go to a movie and make out obnoxiously in the back row. we'd be the envy of all the middle schoolers in there! or, i could take you to the secret geekery and show you all of our toys...you'd get so hot!

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[heidihagen 0]

this post and another post reminds me of a science experiment we did once way back in middle school. i for got what it was about, but the out come wassssssssss:
nail polish remover dissolves styrofoam.
..but if you want to microwave it or pour it in your gas tank go ahead

i didn't lose my mind, i sold it on ebay. .:need a container to fit 5'4", 110 lb. cypres ready & able to fit a 170 main (or slightly smaller):.[/ce