The temperature in a microwave oven is probably a bit less than the temperature of the food that is being heated. If you bring a dish of water to a boil, the water will be about 100 oC, and the oven will be maybe half that or a bit more than half that inside the cavity. (The cavity is where the food is heated.) Remember that the appliance heats via microwave radiation, and not by generating "regular" heat like a gas or electric range. Whatever is in the cavity being heated will transfer heat to the inside of the oven, and that contributes to the reason the cavity is hot.
When told to make certain something has reached a temperature of 175 degrees in a microwave, they are referring to the product being heated. You cannot set a degree marker in a microwave like you can in an oven. A food thermometer will let you know if the item has hit 175 degrees.
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From what I know, microwaves resonate on the same frequency which causes water to gain heat from. Seeing as water loses its liquid state at 100 degrees Celcius, I assume that a microwave doesn't get much hotter than this.
Microwave ovens are not like convection ovens. They do not cook or heat food from a heat source inside the oven, so they do not have a maximum temperature. The microwaves excite water molecules in the food, causing them to move faster, thus heating up the food.
Microwaves travel at the speed of light in a vacuum.
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Microwave ovens do not require preheating. They should not be operated without food inside them.
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If you heated them in a microwave, the moist inside heats much faster than the drier crust does. The inside can get very hot while they are still not too hot to the touch on the outside.
Microwave ovens can sometimes heat food to quickly, too severely, or too unevenly, causing the outside to be cold and the inside too hot. Also, sometimes things can explode inside a microwave oven, so it's good to be careful with what you put in there.
You do NOT paint inside a microwave !
Microwave ovens can sometimes heat food to quickly, too severely, or too unevenly, causing the outside to be cold and the inside too hot. Also, sometimes things can explode inside a microwave oven, so it's good to be careful with what you put in there.
A microwave heats things up from the inside out. Whereas an oven bakes from the outside, and works its way in.
The best way to safely microwave a hot water bottle is to heat the water in a separate microwave safe container in the microwave and then put the microwaved, hot water into the water bottle.
The microwave rays heat it.
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the microwave will get really hot
This microwave has a 12 5/8 in. rotating turntable inside.
A typical paper clip will cause a small "short" in the microwave energy inside the oven, but likely will cause no harm. Metal of any sort can become hot because of the RF currents that will travel through it and possibly cause a fire if there are flamable items in contact with it.
Very little - the microwave isn't what gets hot, it's the material inside it that gets hot. A cup of water would barely get warm, a single piece of candy might get soft.