About Microwaves
Compare the way that a microwave oven heats water and other substances.
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WHat about...
What about wen you fry food doesn't the oil have to get hot. How dos that work?
Jasmin
age 14
Good thinking! You can't fry
Good thinking! You can't fry things in a microwave oven. With a skillet on the stove, the burner heats the skillet, which heats the oil, which heats the food.
Water Question
So the water heating faster doesn't have anything to do with specific heat? Also, does the water's polarization mean that it's magnetic in some way?
Actually, the water has a
Actually, the water has a much higher specific heat (4.1 kJ/kg.K) than the oil ( 1.6 kJ/kg.K), so with an equal amount of heating, the oil would get hot faster.
No, water is not magnetic. That requires all of the molecules to align in the same direction, and water molecules move around too much for that.
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