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by oehtXRwMkIs 1077 days ago
I've heard the resonance with water explanation is a common misconception: https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/150128/how-do-mi...
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rolph 1077 days ago
more of an oversimplification. polar bonds interact with EM field of microwave oven.

water is one of many thousands of compounds having polar bonds

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oehtXRwMkIs 1076 days ago
That doesn't sound like resonance to me, which is about constructive interference and natural frequencies. So more of an inaccuracy I think.
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