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    How many "microwaves" does a standard microwave oven emit per second?

    Question #127043. Asked by houston1127. (Oct 05 12 12:06 AM)


    eyhung

    		50-60 pulses of EM waves per second.

    http://www.emwatch.com/MW_Ovens.htm

    Oct 05 12, 12:34 AM
    sportsherald

    		"I found that in a typical microwave oven, the frequency is about 2450 MHz." -from http://hypertextbook.com/facts/1998/HowardCheung.shtml

    Since 1 hertz is defined as 1 cycle per second, and a MHz is a megahertz, or 1 million cycles per second, this means a typical home microwave emits 2,450,000,000 cycles (wave peaks) every second. It could be considered one continuous wave being emitted at that frequency, however...



    Oct 05 12, 12:35 AM
    houston1127

    		Just one wave in all directions? Like a bubble?

    Oct 05 12, 12:59 AM
    houston1127

    		How many individual microwaves per pulse?


    Oct 05 12, 1:00 AM

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