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Water molecules are dipolar molecules. This means that they organise their electrons in such a way as to make one side of the molecules positively charged and the other side negatively charged.
Microwaves are actually radio waves in a specific wavelength and frequency band. In microwave ovens this is usually around 12.2 cm and 2.45 GHz. Microwaves (and all other electromagnetic waves) form oscillating electric fields which go from positive to negative and back again in this case 2.45 billion times a second.
Because opposite charges attract and like charges repel and the electric field keeps changing from positive to negative and back again, this forces the water molecules to continuously realign themselves to try and keep up (or more technically to try and minimise the force on their positive and negative poles).
Now this rotational motion causes the molecules to bump into each other increasing their random (movement or) kinetic energy. The random kinetic energy of molecules is another way of decribing heat! So the more kinetic energy the molecules have the hotter the material becomes.
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What is the effect of temperature on water?
the effect of temperature on water is that when the temperature increases the water particles move faster and when moove too fast the water evaporates. but when the temperature decreases, the particles move slower, creating no heat and the water freezes. (:
Can water absorb microwaves?
Yes. That's why microwaves can boil water.
How do microwaves affect the water?
microwaves vibrate water molecules in food to create heat
Why the water flows faster through the cylinders containing large particles than through the cylinders containing smaller particles?
because the surface area of the larger particles propels them faster which has a recipical effect on the water around the particles
How does microwaves harm the body?
Microwaves align polar molecules such as water with the microwaves. This rotation generates energy, which dissipates as heat. So you would be cooked as if you were in a microwave oven.
What effect does humidity have on alpha particles?
Alpha particles can be absorbed by water.
What is the effect of temperature on water?
the effect of temperature on water is that when the temperature increases the water particles move faster and when moove too fast the water evaporates. but when the temperature decreases, the particles move slower, creating no heat and the water freezes. (:
Can water absorb microwaves?
Yes. That's why microwaves can boil water.
How many particles do microwaves contain?
i dont kn0w whatis it
How do microwaves affect the water?
microwaves vibrate water molecules in food to create heat
What is the effect of microwaves on the human body?
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Does microwave boiled water kill plants?
Perhaps but being microwave-boiled doesn't have anything to do with it. DO NOT BOIL WATER IN MICROWAVES IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!
Why the water flows faster through the cylinders containing large particles than through the cylinders containing smaller particles?
because the surface area of the larger particles propels them faster which has a recipical effect on the water around the particles
What did the invention of microwaves represent?
The ability to cook your food by using microwave to make the water particles in your food move at a rapid pace in order to heat said food
Is there copper in microwaves?
No, microwaves are a form of electromagnetic radiationand like all electromagnetic radiation is composed of massless particles called photons or is waves depending on how it is measured.Copper is a metal.
How can running water effect Earth?
it moves particles around transporting them to different places or moving them.
What effect do ash particles have on a stream?
Shred fish's gills and drive up the water's alkalinity
