microwave versus microwave oven?

Question

How come i just read aquestion about a microwave oven and every body was pratically calling this guy stupid because they think you are not suppose to put metal in a microwave but he wanted to know about a microwave oven. my question is am I the only person here who knows the difference between both of them.

o my god, a microwave oven uses a heating coil and a microwave uses direct current from a transmformer.inside the microwave.

Answer 1

Microwaves are the means of exciting molecules so that they rub against each other within the food, and that causes heat.

They molecules move much faster in the presence of microwaves than they do in regular heat .


People often refer to "the microwave" in the same way they would say "microwave oven", because they have become familiar with the device being in their kitchens.

Actually, microwaves are also used for transmission of telephone calls over long distances and they are the means of by which radar functions.

The first viable use of microwaves was for radar, and later they were adapted for cooking and then reduced to a size that would fit in a home.

I believe it was Amana Corporation that first used microwaves for home ovens n USA, and they called their ovens Radar-ranges.

You can put some metals in some microwave ovens, but it is far from safe to do so, except if it is within manufacturer guidelines.

I still recall my learning of this.....Chinese foods used to come in paper buckets, and the lids had a little tab on top to help with opening them. Trouble was, the tab was held on with a standard steel staple.

I learned all about it when the staple became super-heated because of the microwaves. The red-hot staple caused the paper lid to catch fire and then the flames and heat melted the inner top of the oven.


Today I have a combination microwave oven. It provides conventional heat so you can bake in the oven by the convection heat alone, or you can cook with a mixture of heat and microwave.

Answer 2

evidently. I didn't think there was ANY difference between microwave and microwave oven. In fact I'm 99.9999% sure the two terms are interchangeable. MythBusters did a show on it though, I caught it the other day, where they put different metals in the microwave (or microwave oven!) to see how they would react. Nothing happened except for when they put crumpled foil in it, then it reacted, but none of the metals diminished the effectiveness of the microwave in any way.

Answer 3

microwave oven
–noun an electrically operated oven using high-frequency electromagnetic waves that penetrate food, causing its molecules to vibrate and generating heat within the food to cook it in a very short time

microwave
noun 1. an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm

Sounds about the same thing buddy.. Maybe you mean, Coventional oven and Microwave oven. Those are different in heating methods.

Answer 4

I desire a known oven/ range suitable as microwaves tend to zap any nutritional fee out of although food you pop into them. although, I understand that persons are continuously on the go presently making the microwave an straightforward and effective thank you to prepare dinner a warm meal.

Answer 5

Course not! A microwave oven HAS microwaves in it. Sheesh!

Answer 6

They are one and the same. Here is the American Heritage definition of an oven.

A chamber or enclosed compartment for heating, baking, or roasting food, as in a stove, or for firing, baking, hardening, or drying objects, as in a kiln.