Microwave ovens are a quick and easy way to heat food. How exactly do they work? Join Trace as he discusses how microwaves are able to heat food so quickly.
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“Microwave ovens don’t operate in the same manner as conventional ovens.”
How Microwave Cooking Works
http://home.howstuffworks.com/microwave.htm
“The microwave oven could be one of the great inventions of the 20th century — hundreds of millions of homes worldwide have one.”
How Does a Microwave Work?
http://www.livescience.com/32285-how-does-a-microwave-oven-work.html
“Percy Spenser was conducting radar experiments during World War II when he got close to a microwave-emitting tube and accidentally melted the candy bar in his pocket.”
Free amino acid concentrations in milk: effects of microwave versus conventional heating.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9891762
“Microwave effects on free amino acid concentrations in milk versus a water bath heating were investigated in view of their importance for infant growth.”
Microwave Oven Radiation
http://www.fda.gov/radiation-emittingproducts/resourcesforyouradiationemittingproducts/ucm252762.htm#2
“Microwaves are used to detect speeding cars, to send telephone and television communications, and to treat muscle soreness.”
Microwaving food in plastic: Dangerous or not?
http://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/HEALTHbeat_081606.htm
“When food is wrapped in plastic or placed in a plastic container and microwaved, substances used in manufacturing the plastic (plasticizers) may leak into the food.”
11 Surprising Facts and Myths About Microwave Ovens
http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/recipes/microwave-radiation-ovens-460709
“Microwaves are energy efficient and convenient. But what does the radiation do to our food, and can it affect our health?”
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