Dr Percy Spencer invented the microwave oven. It began as a radar related research project in 1946. He was self-taught engineer with the Raytheon Corporation. When he was testing a vacuum tube he called a magnetron, a candy bar in his pocke...
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Microwaves are electromagnetic waves with wavelengths ranging from 1 mm to 1 m, or frequencies between 300 MHz and 300 GHz. Apparatus and techniques may be described qualitatively as "microwave" when the wavelengths of signals are...
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they were invented when strippers got hungry
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A microwave oven consists of: * a high voltage transformer, which passes energy to the magnetron * a cavity magnetron, * a magnetron control circuit (usually with a microcontroller), * a waveguide, and * a cooking chamber A microwave oven w...
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The thermal heating effect of microwaves is well understood and is the basis for the heating action of microwave ovens. Some studies have examined the possibility of a link between microwave exposure and cancer. Results to date have been in...
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I could not imagine living without my microwave. I use it to defrost my meats. I use it to warm things. I use it almost every day. But could it be harmful to me? Could it be taking away any of the taste from the foods I eat? These quest...
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Microwaves can be created technologically through the use of solid state devices and vacuum-tube based devices. But microwaves also exist in nature. In 1964, two scientists at Bell Laboratories, named Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson discover...
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