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[[Image:Microwave 750pix.jpg|right|thumb|A typical microwave oven.|250px]]
[[Image:Microwave 750pix.jpg|right|thumb|A typical microwave oven.|250px]]
A '''microwave oven''' is a kitchen device used for heating [[food]]. Unlike conventional appliances which use heating elements, this works by irradiating food with high frequency [[electromagnetic radiation]] which causes [[water]] molecules in food to rapidly flip back and forth, attempting to magnetically align with the EM wave. All water molecules should be affected the same way within a microwave oven, as long as the EM wave is fluctuating through them. This results in friction, which causes the production of heat energy throughout the food. However, as there are parts in every wave which remain constant (as a sort of pivot point) this affect is not even. To help deal with this problem, most modern microwave ovens have a rotating platter on which food is placed, so the food moves through these hot and cold spots resulting in more even heating.<ref name="explainthatstuff.com oven">https://www.explainthatstuff.com/microwaveovens.html</ref><ref name="howstuffworks">https://home.howstuffworks.com/microwave.htm</ref>
A '''microwave oven''' is a kitchen device used for heating [[food]] using [[microwave]]s. Unlike conventional appliances which use heating elements, this works by irradiating food with high frequency [[electromagnetic radiation]] which causes [[water]] molecules in food to rapidly flip back and forth, attempting to magnetically align with the EM wave. All water molecules should be affected the same way within a microwave oven, as long as the EM wave is fluctuating through them. This results in friction, which causes the production of heat energy throughout the food. However, as there are parts in every wave which remain constant (as a sort of pivot point) this affect is not even. To help deal with this problem, most modern microwave ovens have a rotating platter on which food is placed, so the food moves through these hot and cold spots resulting in more even heating.<ref name="explainthatstuff.com oven">https://www.explainthatstuff.com/microwaveovens.html</ref><ref name="howstuffworks">https://home.howstuffworks.com/microwave.htm</ref>
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