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  2. Percy Spencer - Wikipedia

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    The result was the egg exploding in the face of one of his co-workers, who was looking in the kettle to observe. Spencer then created the first true microwave oven by attaching a high-density electromagnetic field generator to an enclosed metal box. The magnetron emitted microwaves into the metal box blocking any escape and allowing for ...

  3. Microwave oven - Wikipedia

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    A microwave oven or simply microwave is an electric oven that heats and cooks food by exposing it to electromagnetic radiation in the microwave frequency range. [1] This induces polar molecules in the food to rotate and produce thermal energy in a process known as dielectric heating .

  4. Cavity magnetron - Wikipedia

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    The cavity magnetron is a high-power vacuum tube used in early radar systems and subsequently in microwave ovens and in linear particle accelerators. A cavity magnetron generates microwaves using the interaction of a stream of electrons with a magnetic field , while moving past a series of cavity resonators , which are small, open cavities in a ...

  5. Microwave popcorn - Wikipedia

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    Microwave popcorn is a convenience food consisting of unpopped popcorn in an enhanced, sealed paper bag intended to be heated in a microwave oven. In addition to the dried corn, the bags typically contain cooking oil with sufficient saturated fat to solidify at room temperature, one or more seasonings (often salt ), and natural or artificial ...

  6. TD-2 - Wikipedia

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    AT&T continued using its microwave network for telephone service through this period, but Sprint's 1980s all-fiber, all-digital network forced the company to switch to digital as well, using new fiber rather than updating the microwave system. By the late 1990s, most of the microwave network had been turned off.

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  9. Candy (company) - Wikipedia

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    Candy is an Italian domestic appliance maker and is a subsidiary of Chinese multinational home appliances company Haier.It is based in Brugherio, near Milan.. Candy's appliances are better known through their continued marketing of the Hoover and Kelvinator brands.