Howmicrowave ovens work

Microwave

ovens

are

safe Microwave

energy

IS not hot. It causes

food

to

make 11sown

heat,

and

It’s this

heat that cooks

the food

 

 

 

 

 

Mode

Mixer

 

Magi

7e Iron

Ceramic

Bolt

Microwaves are llke TV waves or light waves You can’t see them but you can see what they do

MIcrowaves pass through glass, paper and plasllc wlthout heating them so tood

absorbs the energy Mlcro-

waves bounce off metal pans so food does not absorb the energy

Oven

Cavity

 

 

 

 

Metal

 

Bottom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

magnetron

 

in

the

micro-

The

ceramic

bottom

of y

wave

oven

produces

 

 

microwave

oven

lets mlc

microwaves.

 

The

microwaves

waves

through

Then

the\

move

into

the

oven

where

bounce

off

a metal

floor.

they

are scattered

 

or

stirred

back

 

through

the ceram

by

a

mode

mixer

(like

a fan].

bottom

and

are

absorbe

Mlcrowaves

 

bounce

 

off

the

food

 

 

 

metal oven walls and are

 

 

 

 

 

 

absorbed

by

food

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MIcrowaves

 

may

not

reach

The

mIcrowaves

dlslurb

 

the center

of

a

roast

The

heat

water

 

molecules

In

Ihe

f(

around

the

outside

is what

 

As the

molecules

bounc

cooks

the

roast

all

the

way

around

bumplng

Into

ec

through

This

IS one

of

the

 

other,

 

heat

IS made

 

lake

reasons

for

letting

some

 

bing

 

your

hands

togethc

foods

(roasts,

baked

 

pota-

 

This

IS the

heat that

cook

toes) stand for a while after

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cooklng,

or

for

stirring

some

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

foods

during

 

the cooking

lime

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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