How a Lead-Acid Battery Works

Bill details how a microwave oven heats food. He describes how the microwave vacuum tube, called a magnetron, generates radio frequencies that cause the water in food to rotate back and forth. He shows the standing wave inside the oven, and notes how you can measure the wavelength with melted cheese. He concludes by describing how a magnetron generates radio waves. You can learn more about the microwave oven from the EngineerGuy team's new book Eight Amazing Engineering Stories

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How a Lead-Acid Battery Works is an episode from Engineerguy videos & audio by Bill Hammack.

This episode is 5:11 long.

This episode was published on Jul 3, 2012.

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