Whirlpool MS3080XY user manual HowYourMicrowaveOvenWorks, Glass tray

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HowYourMicrowaveOvenWorks

Microwave ovens are safe. Microwave energy is not hot. lt causes food to make its own heat, and it’s this heat that cooks the food.

Microwaves are like TV waves or light waves. You cannot see them, but you can see what they do.

Maanetrum A magnetron in the microwave oven produces microwaves. The microwaves move into the oven where they are scattered or stirred by a mode mixer (like a fan). Microwaves bounce off metal oven walls and are absorbed by food.

Glass tray	The glass	tray of your microwave oven lets
	microwaves pass through. Then they bounce off
	a metal floor, back through the glass tray and are
	absorbed	by the food.

Microwaves pass through most glass, paper and plastics without heating them so food absorbs the energy. Microwaves bounce off metal pans so food does not absorb the energy.

Microwaves may not reach the center of a mast. The heat around the outside is what cooks the mast all the way through. This is one of the reasons for letting some foods (roasts, baked potatoes) stand for a while after cooking, or for stirring some foods during the cooking time.

The microwaves disturb water molecules in the food. As the molecules bounce around bumping info each other, heat is made, like rubbing your hands together. This is the heat that does the cooking.

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