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Microwaves
Microwaves have wavelengths that can be measured in centimeters! The longer microwaves, those closer to 30 centimeters in length, are the waves which heat our food in a microwave oven.
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Microwaves
While there are some radar bands from 1,300 to 1,600 MHz, most microwave applications fall in the range 3,000 to 30,000 MHz (3-30 GHz). Microwave ovens are assigned the frequencies 900 MHz and 1560 ...
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How Do Microwaves Cook?
This site gives a brief but detailed description of how a microwave oven cooks food.
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Microwave Ovens
Everyone knows how to use a microwave oven, but do you know how it works? Pick one of the topics to learn what really goes on inside.
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Micro maniac
Ever wondered what it would look like to microwave soap, wax crayons or even fairy lights? This virtual microwave lets you see the results without any of the mess.
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US microwave bomb
A newspaper article explaining the use of the first High Powered Microwave bomb designed to damage equipment while leaving personnel unharmed.
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Superheating and Microwave Ovens
Ever heard stories of people being injured when using microwave ovens to heat water to make hot drinks? Well this site explains why this can happen.
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How Microwave Ovens Work
A brief description of how Microwave Ovens work including some fascinating physics that goes on. This site is part of Marshall Brain's HowStuffWorks.com.
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Laboratory for electromagnetic fields and microwave electronics
A very specialized high level site from the German laboratory for the study of electromagnetic fields and microwave electronics
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Interaction of radiation with matter
Different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum have very different effects on different things. Starting with low frequency radio waves, the human body is quite transparent. As you move upward ...
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