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Microwave ovens

Various bits of info about microwave ovens and resonance frequency of water:

The chart near the bottom of this page shows that microwave oven wavelengths
are not near any sort of resonance frequency of water:
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~bfurlong/


Search for "resonance" on this page:
http://rabi.phys.virginia.edu/HTW//microwave_ovens.html


Here is info on how microwave ovens work (basically h2o is polarized and the
field makes them rotate):
http://www.zyra.org.uk/microw.htm


This one doesn't mention 'resonance' but explains how the polar nature of
water is used to make microwave ovens work:
http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/microwaves/water_rotates.html


This one talks about how the frequency of microwave ovens was chosen:
http://www.sciencenet.org.uk/database/phys/electricitymagnetism/electromagnetic/p00572b.html

Another mention of polar and resonance frequency (search for "resonance")
http://home.cvc.org/microwaves/microexp.htm#myth