On Sat, 09 Aug 2003 00:15:15 GMT, Gary S. Idontwantspam@net wrote:

The example above sounds more like inductive heating.

If an ungrounded piece of metal is near an RF energized coil, a
current is induced in it which heats it up. Somewhat similar to a
microwave oven.

I don't see how it can be. The metal in this case was only hot whilst
the RF was flying about. It was cold to the touch the second the power
was cut. If it takes no time to cool down I infer there's something
more to it.
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