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JEE Main 20169 AprilOnline
Exam
JEE Main
Year
2016
Date
9 April
Mode
Online
Subject
Physics
Chapter
Electromagnetic Waves

JEE Main 2016 · 9 April · Online · Physics · Electromagnetic Waves

Microwave oven acts on the principle of:

Microwave oven acts on the principle of:

Options

  1. Agiving rotational energy to water molecules
  2. Bgiving translational energy to water molecules
  3. Cgiving vibrational energy to water molecules
  4. Dtransferring electrons from lower to higher energy levels in water molecule

Correct answer

C. giving vibrational energy to water molecules

Step-by-step solution

The food having more content of water cooks faster in the microwave oven. Energy of microwaves lie in the range of vibration energy of water molecules.
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