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Microwave ovens cook food by making water molecules rotate, which generates heat.
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Is it true that microwave ovens cook food by making water molecules rotate, which generates heat?
Yes. A reference encyclopedia entry and a forensic science textbook both state that microwave ovens heat food by making polar molecules such as water rotate in an alternating electromagnetic field, producing heat.
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Microwave oven - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_oven
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Advances in Food and Nutrition Research. (2026). play.google.com. https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=7kODEQAAQBAJ&source=gbs_api
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Houck, M. M. & Siegel, J. A. (2015). Fundamentals of Forensic Science. play.google.com. https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=8dicBAAAQBAJ&source=gbs_api
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