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Is it really true that microwaves would work on that whole range of frequencies? I thought there was a water resonance at 2.4 GHz that they were designed to exc
by monochromatic 14y ago
Is it really true that microwaves would work on that whole range of frequencies? I thought there was a water resonance at 2.4 GHz that they were designed to excite.
- elithrar 14y agoA myth! See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_oven#Principles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_oven#Principles - second paragraph.
- monochromatic 14y agoInteresting, thanks.
- scarmig 14y agoI feel totally stupid for not knowing this. That's counteracted by what I now know is possible, though: "Additionally, microwaves can melt certain types of rocks, producing small quantities of synthetic lava" I know what I'm making for Thanksgiving.
- scarmig 14y agoIt also led me to find this: http://amasci.com/weird/microwave/voltage2.html http://amasci.com/weird/microwave/voltage2.html Teaser: the title is "UNWISE MICROWAVE OVEN EXPERIMENTS"