Re: Do rocks expand, like a marshmellow in a microwave?

Date: Sat Apr 10 15:41:33 1999
Posted By: Joe Renda, Grad student, Geology, SUNY Albany
Area of science: Earth Sciences
ID: 923325181.Es

Message:


Well Mary Im afraid that if you move a dry desert rock to a moist
environment you will just have a moist desert rock.  I think that the
reason a marshmallow expands in a microwave is because the air trapped
within airpockets inside the 'mallow expands. Sorry to ruin your science
project.

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