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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. The Story Behind the Microwave - AOL

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    Raytheon patented the dielectric heating device, naming it the Radarange, and in 1947 the first commercially available microwave oven hit the market. What started as an 800-pound device priced ...

  4. The Microwave Was Invented Utterly by Accident One Fateful ...

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    Yes, the microwave oven was invented accidentally, when a test for a magnetron melted an engineer’s snack in 1946.. Raytheon engineer Perry Spencer “knack for finding simple solutions to ...

  5. 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 vibrate [ 2 ] and produce thermal energy in a process known as dielectric heating .

  6. Microwave - Wikipedia

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    He investigated cooking with microwaves and invented the microwave oven, consisting of a magnetron feeding microwaves into a closed metal cavity containing food, which was patented by Raytheon on 8 October 1945. Due to their expense microwave ovens were initially used in institutional kitchens, but by 1986 roughly 25% of households in the U.S ...

  7. Robert N. Hall - Wikipedia

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    While at G.E. during World War II, he developed a magnetron for radar jamming, which led to the development of the microwave oven. [ 3 ] While studying the characteristics of p-i-n diodes used as power rectifiers, Hall had a key insight, which resulted in his being co-credited with William Shockley and W. T. Read, Jr., for the analysis of ...

  8. Do you have a microwave? Here's why some foodies say to ... - AOL

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    Strahan doesn't like or use a microwave because he feels food tastes better when heated up "properly." "It trips a lot of people out," he said in the post. "I have modern things in the kitchen.

  9. Herman P. Schwan - Wikipedia

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    He was the pioneer in recognizing the possible health hazards of non-ionizing electromagnetic fields. He proposed a safe limit for human exposure to microwave energy of 100 W/m2 (based on thermal analysis) to the U.S. Navy in 1953, which became the basis for the present IEEE C95.1 safety standards used in the western world. [2]