"Greatest Prime" <FishyBill at mediaone.net> wrote in message
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> in article _NJB7.97166$5h5.39298958 at news3.rdc2.on.home.com, Gordon Shaw at
>gordshaw at home.com wrote on 10/24/01 6:20 PM:
>> > Can microwave be used as a sterilizing agent.
> >
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> > GS
> >
> >
> Yes. It is just another way of heating something up. There is nothing
magic
> about microwaves.
>> Bill
>But it won't sterilize - for example, it won't get the temperature high
enough to kill most bacterial spores. You still need at least a pressure
cooker.
Lesley Robertson
http://www.beijerinck.bt.tudelft.nl
