microwave oven door holes

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From: Bill Taylor (bt4_1284@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Mar 03 2003 - 13:42:42 PST 

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Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 13:42:42 -0800 (PST)
From: Bill Taylor <bt4_1284@yahoo.com>
Subject: microwave oven door holes

I believe that microwave ovens use 2.4 GHz frequency. That's 2.4 * 10^9,
correct? If so, the wavelength would be about .125m. (given that the
speed of light is 3 * 10^9 m/s)

I thought the holes on the oven door were just about as small as the
wavelengths...they are in fact about 1 mm in diameter.

Bill Taylor

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