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Does glass allow microwaves to pass through them?
Yes, microwaves will pass through plain glass.
What is the reasoning that microwaves can travel through empty space as well as through air and food?
Microwaves are part of the electromagnetic spectrum, and as such they do not require any physical presence to aid passage, unlike sound waves which do require a medium through which to travel.
How do microwaves affect your body?
It depends on the wavelength, and the intensity. Most microwaves pass through us with no issues. Microwaves used for heating water will heat our tissues, causing damage / death. Microwaves used in older radar guns caused bone cancer when the patrolmen using those guns layed them on their legs between reading vehicle speeds.
Microwaves are produced by?
Microwaves are produced when?
How do microwaves give off radiation?
Microwaves do not 'give off' radiation as such. Microwaves are radiation.
Does glass allow microwaves to pass through them?
Yes, microwaves will pass through plain glass.
Do microwaves get through earths atmosphere?
no way obviously not
How does a cellphone sends messages through the air?
Microwaves
Do microwaves get through the earths atmosphere?
yes because it can penetrate it
Can microwaves in a microwave oven pass through a material?
Yes, microwaves inside of a microwave oven do indeed pass through a material - for example - a glass casserole dish or other cooking vessel - to reach the food inside the vessel to begin the cooking process. The microwaves also pass through paper, plastic and similar materials - that is why one can cook with such materials in a microwave oven. Microwaves however do not pass through metal objects, but rather often cause arching in a microwave oven, and thus can not be used in a microwave oven. Properly working microwave ovens do not allow the microwaves to pass from inside the oven to the outside world.
Can microwaves break through the ozone layer?
Yes. Microwaves have ozonial penetration properties that allow them to penetrate the ozone in short bursts but most is deflected
What is the reasoning that microwaves can travel through empty space as well as through air and food?
Microwaves are part of the electromagnetic spectrum, and as such they do not require any physical presence to aid passage, unlike sound waves which do require a medium through which to travel.
How are microwaves affected by air glass and water?
This depends upon the particular frequency of the microwaves. Your microwave oven uses microwaves that are tuned to the exact resonance frequency of the water molecule, therefore they are absorbed by water and cause it to get hotter. Other frequencies would tend to pass through water. Similarly, microwaves normally pass through both air and glass, although there are some frequencies that would be absorbed by glass. Air is transparent to all frequencies of microwaves.
What does the ionosphere do to microwaves?
To oversimplify it, the ionosphere either reflect microwaves or allows it to pass through depending upon its frequency, the threshold is approximately 100MHz. Anything below that gets reflected anything higher passes through.
Why microwaves do not come out through the small holes in the door of a microwave oven?
The dimensions of the holes are less than half the wavelength of the microwaves. Most microwaves operate at 2.5 GHz making the wavelength about 1cm. Half of that is 0.5 cm. Any hole small than this will not allow the wave to pass through.
Microwaves will not pass through this?
Microwaves can cook any food in a dish unless the dish is made out of some kind of metal. The rays that a microwave produce can not penetrate anything that is metal.
How do microwaves affect your body?
It depends on the wavelength, and the intensity. Most microwaves pass through us with no issues. Microwaves used for heating water will heat our tissues, causing damage / death. Microwaves used in older radar guns caused bone cancer when the patrolmen using those guns layed them on their legs between reading vehicle speeds.
