Why do microwave ovens use 2.4 GHz like WiFi and Bluetooth?

6 April 2021 | Energy, Gizmos, How Does it Work?, Video | 0 comments

Microwave ovens that you use to cook food operate at a frequency of  2.45 GHz.

This is the same radio band where one finds WiFi, Bluetooth, and so on.

So, why is everything lumped into this one chunk of the frequency spectrum? Is there something particularly magical about 2.4 GHz?

It turns out that there is a common misconception about this frequency and water.

The truth, however, is far more mundane…

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