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Comment by cdumler

Correct. The reason why microwaves can cook food isn't the fact that it is a microwave frequency. Microwaves ovens cook by flipping the polarity back and forth. The frequency emitted is the same resonant frequency as water molecules, so the water molecules attempt to align constantly to the ever changing polarity. Movement is heat; thus, the water heats the food.
parent cdumler 3 years ago

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