print email comment close Microwave Ovens URL: http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/microwaves/ Description: This site explains how microwave ovens cook food by heating water molecules. "The microwave oven generates electromagnetic waves (called microwaves) which makes water move. This motion leads to friction, and friction leads to heating." Includes interactive features. Part of the Physics 2000 website (written for the layperson) from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Publisher: University of Colorado at Boulder Library of Congress Subject Headings: Kitchen appliances Microwave ovens LII Database Information: Record 19390 created by Maria Brandt on 10/18/2005 Last modification on 10/19/2005 Published: 10/20/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19390