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  2. Microwave burn - Wikipedia

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    The depth of penetration depends on the frequency of the microwaves and the tissue type. The Active Denial System ("pain ray") is a less-lethal directed energy weapon that employs a microwave beam at 95 GHz; a two-second burst of the 95 GHz focused beam heats the skin to a temperature of 130 °F (54 °C) at a depth of 1/64th of an inch (0.4 mm) and is claimed to cause skin pain without lasting ...

  3. Combustibility and flammability - Wikipedia

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    A non-combustible material [17] is a substance that does not ignite, burn, support combustion, or release flammable vapors when subject to fire or heat, in the form in which it is used and under conditions anticipated. Any solid substance complying with either of two sets of passing criteria listed in Section 8 of ASTM E 136 when the substance ...

  4. Microwave oven - Wikipedia

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    A microwave oven does not pose this problem. Food and cookware taken out of a microwave oven are rarely much hotter than 100 °C (212 °F). Cookware used in a microwave oven is often much cooler than the food because the cookware is transparent to microwaves; the microwaves heat the food directly and the cookware is indirectly heated by the food.

  5. GE microwaves recalled as fire hazard - AOL

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    General Electric has issued a widespread recall for a number of models of microwave/oven combo units sold between January of 2000 and December of 2003. Apparently, the door switch of the microwave ...

  6. Electromagnetic absorption by water - Wikipedia

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    Rotational transitions are responsible for absorption in the microwave and far-infrared, vibrational transitions in the mid-infrared and near-infrared. Vibrational bands have rotational fine structure. Electronic transitions occur in the vacuum ultraviolet regions. Its weak absorption in the visible spectrum results in the pale blue color of water.

  7. The Part of Your Microwave You’re Probably Not Cleaning - AOL

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    The grease filter is underneath the microwave — remember, it protects the exhaust fan that's also down there. If your unit has a charcoal filter, you'll likely find it toward the top of the unit.

  8. More than half a million portable device chargers sold at ...

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    It said Costco has also received 115 returns of the portable chargers in which customers complained of melting, expanding, smoking, fire, burning, exploding or sparking.

  9. Microwave - Wikipedia

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    A microwave oven passes microwave radiation at a frequency near 2.45 GHz (12 cm) through food, causing dielectric heating primarily by absorption of the energy in water. Microwave ovens became common kitchen appliances in Western countries in the late 1970s, following the development of less expensive cavity magnetrons. Water in the liquid ...