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Article: Zap a snack; how microwaves get water molecules moving to heat food in a flash. (includes related article on science experiments for microwave ovens)
- Article from:
- Science World
- Article date:
- January 14, 1994
- Author:
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How microwaves get water molecules moving to heat food in a flash.
A friend recently told me a horrible story. She said that the grandmother of a friend of another friend had just received a microwave oven as a present. Although the grandmother was the traditional sort, she began to use the new microwave, and noted how quickly it warmed things. So, after bathing her poodle one cold day, she decided to pop him into the microwave to dry him off. She punched up the controls, and ... bloof!--the poodle exploded.
I have no love for poodles, but even I flinched when I heared the story. Lest you be sick, let me add that it's probably fiction: I have now ...