1.   High temperatures can shorten the life of electronic devices, damage batteries, and warp or melt some plastics.

2.   However, Trapotsis said such temperatures melt many plastics, including packaging, and leave the see-through windows on bills shriveled and hard.

3.   Melting plastic to bond broken pieces together warps their space.

4.   The heat also does not melt the plastic.

5.   The heat of the screw will melt the plastic and cause it to cool around the screw threads.

6.   Meijer, which is based in the Grand Rapids suburb of Walker, said it has received two reports of the wands short-circuiting and melting the plastic handles.

7.   The narrow, winding streets of red-tile-roofed houses were littered with pieces of twisted metal and melted plastic.