Microwave oven moto, simbi arcing, uye superheated liquid kuputika¶

Maovheni eMicrowave aripo muzvikamu zvinopfuura makumi mapfumbamwe kubva muzana emakicheni muNorth America, Europe, neAustralia, achishanda zvakavimbika kane zviuru pagore nekugadzira mafungu emagetsi emagetsi epamusoro-soro (kazhinji pa 2.45 gigahertz, kana 2.45 bhiriyoni pasekondi) kubva pavacuum chubhu inonzi magnetron. Nekuti microwave inopisa chikafu nechomukati nekuzunguza mvura yepolar, mafuta, uye shuga mamorekuru pane kupisa mhepo yakatenderedza, vanhu havawanzo funga nezvazvo semoto kana njodzi yekuputika. Zvakadaro masevhisi emoto uye nzvimbo dzekupisa dzinopindura kuzviuru zvema microwave emergency gore rega rega.

Izvi zvekukurumidzira zvinoitika nenzira nhatu dzakasiyana: **inoita moto wegomba ** (inowanzo kukonzereswa kana mumwe munhu aita netsaona timer yemaminetsi makumi maviri pachinzvimbo chemaminitsi maviri papopcorn, chingwa, mabhokisi ekutora akadziswa, kana mapeji ekupisa mupunga, kushandura chikafu kuita chinopenya kabhoni char chinobatidza mumirazvo yakavhurika), **magetsi emagetsi, simbi inopenya, simbi inopenya, simbi inopfuta ma plates ane goridhe-rimmed, kana carbonized girisi mukati memica waveguide cover channel high-voltage mheni mabhaudhi mukati memhango), uye **zvinoputika zvinopisa zvinopisa zvinoputika ** (apo makapu akatsetseka e mvura inopisa kwazvo, mazai akazara, kana midziyo yakavharwa inoputika yakananga kumeso kwemushandisi uye maziso pakarepo gonhi rinozarurwa kana kunyudzwa pakarepo). Kuziva chikonzero nei uchifanira kuchengeta musuwo wemicrowave wakavharwa zvakanyanya panguva yemoto, nzira yekusiyanisa chikafu chisingakuvadze kubva kune yakatsva-yakabuda magnetron waveguide, uye mabatiro ezvinwiwa zvinopisa zvakachengetedzeka kudzivirira kutsva kwemba uye kupofumadza kutsva kwechiso.

Ita izvi ikozvino¶

1. Siya dhoo remicrowave RAKAVHIRWA wodzvanya Cancel/Misa kana kuti unplug the unit nekukasika. Kana chikafu, paper packaging, kana mukati memicrowave mudhuri urikupfava, uchiputa, kana kutsva,usa* kuvhura gonhi kuti chinhu chiri kutsva chibude. Kana uchikwanisa kusvika pamadziro zvakachengeteka usina kuzembera muutsi kana mirazvo, bvisa tambo yemagetsi yemicrowave yakananga kubva kumadziro (yepamusoro-the-range microwave yakavharirwa mukati mekabhineti yepamusoro yakananga pamusoro pechitofu, usa ** kwete ** kuvhura kabhineti pamusoro pechinhu chinotsva; famba wakananga kune yako huru yemagetsi breaker panel uye flip yakatsaurirwa 15-amp amp break * * 20 amp * OFF * * OFF)
2. Fonera nhamba yako ye emergency kana moto ukabuda pachikamu kana kuti utsi hwukasadzika mukati memasekonzi makumi matanhatu. Kana magetsi angobviswa uye gonhi richiramba rakavharwa, marimi ari mukati mesimbi yakavharwa anofanira kufa nenzara yeokisijeni yodzima mukati memaminitsi 1 kusvika ku2. Kana marimi emoto akapararira nepamusoro pemhepo inopinda muimba yepamusoro yemapuranga, kana kunze kwepurasitiki control panel kunyunguduka, kana utsi hutema hunorema hukaramba huchiyerera kubva muchikwata mushure mokunge simba radzimwa, bvisa munhu wese mumba, vhara gonhi rekicheni shure kwako kana zvichibvira, uye fonera nhamba yako yekukurumidzira yemunharaunda (911 muUnited States neCanada, 112 mhiri kweEuropean Union, 999 kana muUnited States yose nhamba dze emergency)
3. Chengeta kemikari yakaoma (Kirasi ABC) yekudzimisa moto yakananga pamusuwo wakavharwa, uye USAFUNGA kukanda mvura pachishandiso chakabatanidzwa. Mira kumashure nemamita maviri (mafuti 6) wakabata zvinhu zvakasiyana-siyana Kirasi ABC chekudzimisa chemakemikari yakaoma kana carbon dioxide (\(CO_2\)) chekudzimisa chagadzirira. Chete kana hwindo regirazi rikapwanya kana mirazvo yemoto ikatyora kabati rekunze mushure mekunge wavhara chinoputika chemagetsi iwe unofanirwa kuburitsa chekudzimisa mumirazvo.
4. Mira zvingaite maminetsi makumi matatu kusvika makumi matanhatu usati watsemura gonhi remicrowave richivhurika mushure memoto unopfungaira. Mabhegi epopu ecarbon, chingwa chakatsva, nendiro dzepurasitiki dzakanyungudutswa zvinobata kupisa kwakanyanya mukati pamusoro petembiricha yekuzvibatidza (kupfuura 300 degrees Celsius / 570 degrees Fahrenheit) mushure mekunge marimi emoto apera. Kuvhura gonhi maminetsi matatu mushure mekunge murazvo wadzima kazhinji kunobatidzazve char block inopfungaira pakubata nemhepo nyowani yemukamuri. Mirira kusvikira girazi repamberi ranzwa kutonhorera kuseri kweruoko rwako, vhura mahwindo ekicheni kutanga, uye mira kudivi rakasungirirwa regonhi paunenge uchivhura.
5. Kana wakabika mvura yakachena mukapu yakatsetseka uye isingatubwikwi, USAbata mugi kana kuizunza. Mvura inodziya mugirazi rakatsetseka kana kapu yeceramic muwa microwave inogona kupisa zvakanyanya kudarika 100 degrees Celsius (212 degrees Fahrenheit) pasina kuumba furo rimwe chete rehutsi. Kusvika mukati nekukasira kubata mubato kana kudonhedza chipunu, bhegi retii, kana magranules ekofi pakarepo mukapu zvinokonzeresa nekukasira, kuputika kwemheni-kuvira kunoputika mvura inopisa yakananga mumaziso ako nekumeso. Siya musuwo wemicrowave wakavharwa uye rega mukombe ugare usina kukanganiswa kwe 2 kusvika 3 maminetsi kusvika yatonhorera pazasi pekubikira usati waibata.
6. Torodza chero chiutsi, mvura, kana kuputika kwezai pisa nekukasika nemvura yemupombi inotonhorera kwemaminetsi makumi maviri. Kana mvura inopisa zvakanyanya, muto, kana zai rinenge raputika rikapfachukira paganda kana mumaziso, pakarepo isa ganda ratsva pasi pe mvura inotonhorera inoyerera yemupombi (15 kusvika 20 madhigirii celsius / 59 kusvika 68 madhigirii 68 madhigirii kana aizi2 maminetsi2 aizi kana aizi2 azere) anopisa gwaro rerubatsiro rwekutanga. Kana mvura inopisa kana tsvina yezai ikarova mumaziso, geza maziso akavhurika zvinyoronyoro pasi pemvura yemupombi inotonhorera kana ine munyu usina utachiona kwemaminetsi gumi nemashanu kusvika makumi maviri uye tsvaga rubatsiro rwechimbichimbi rwemaziso kuburikidza neyedu. kutungamira kwekukuvara kwemaziso.

Microwave emergency triage uye chiitiko chinoyerera¶

Shandisa iyi sarudzo yemuti kuti upindure zvakachengeteka zvichienderana nekuti microwave yako iri pamoto here, kupenya / kurovera, kana kubata njodzi yemvura inopisa.

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Mamiriro ezvinhu 1: Inoshanda microwave oveni moto uye huturu hwehutsi hwehuturu¶

Inopfuura makumi masere neshanu muzana emoto wemuma microwave hautangi kubva pakukanganisa kwewaya dzemagetsi, asi kubva **kupisa kwakanyanya mukudya kwakabikwa zvakanyanya kana kurongedza kusina microwave-kuchengetedza **. Kana mwana kana munhu mukuru akavhiringwa apinda 20:00 pachinzvimbo che 2:00 kupisa bhegi remicrowave popcorn, keke yakaomeswa nechando, roll yechingwa yakaputirwa nejira repepa, kana jira rekugadzira rekudziya pad rakazadzwa nemupunga wakaoma, flaxseed, kana cherry pits:

1. Munguva yekutanga maminetsi maviri kusvika matatu, microwave inovira kubva zana kubva muzana yemvura yemahara mukati mekudya.
2. Kana mvura yapera, tembiricha ye starch yakaoma, cellulose bepa, neoiri zvinokwira nekukasika zvakapfuura 200 kusvika 300 madhigirii Celsius (400 kusvika 575 degrees Fahrenheit), kushandura musimboti wechikafu kuita mutema chaiwo pyrolytic carbon (marasha).
3. Carbon iconductor yemagetsi inotora 2.45-GHz microwave simba nekunyanya kushanda. Iyo inopenya tsvuku-inopisa kabhoni yepakati inokurumidza kusvika 500+ madhigirii celsius (930+ madhigirii Fahrenheit), ichibatidza bepa rakapoterera, hutsi hwemafuta ekubikisa, uye chigaba chepolypropylene mumarimi akavhurika.

Sei kuvhura musuwo kunokonzera kuputika kweflashover¶

Mukati memicrowave oven yakavharwa ichipisa bhegi repopcorn kana ndiro yepurasitiki, moto unokurumidza kupedza okisijeni mukati me30-to-50-liter (1-to-2-cubic-foot) bhokisi pasi pasi pe10 muzana. Izvo zvinosiya gomba razadzwa neasina kupiswa, anopisa ehutsi hwehydrocarbon magasi uye kabhoni inopenya yakamirira oxygen.

Kana iwe ukavhura gonhi rewa microwave kuti ukande ndiro inopisa mudhishi: - 21-percent yekamuri okisijeni inopinda mukati, ichibatidza kamwe kamwe gasi rehutsi raunga mune mini kuputika kweutsi (backdraft) pamberi pechiso nemaoko. - Zvakatonyanya kuipa, kusimudza dziva regirisi rinopfuta kana kunyungudusa mapurasitiki anopisa zvinokonzeresa zvinodonha moto pakaunda yako yekicheni nepasi. - Gara uchisiya gonhi rakavharwa. Fafitera regirazi rakanyorova uye sikirini yesimbi mesh (keji yeFaraday inochengeta microwave mukati) zvinogadzirwa kuti ive nemoto mudiki wekudya mukati zvisina njodzi kusvikira okisijeni yapera.

Maitiro ekuburitsa zvakachengeteka kunze acrid microwave utsi uye kuchenesa kana kutsiva iyo unit¶

Kamwe chete iyo breaker yaenda kwemaminetsi makumi mana nemashanu kusvika makumi matanhatu uye gonhi regirazi rinotonhora chose:

1. ** Ventilate usati wavhura **: Vhura mahwindo ese emukicheni nemagonhi ekunze uye woisa feni yebhokisi muhwindo ichivhuvhuta ** kunze ** kugadzira kudzvanya kwakashata kunokwevera kunhuhwirira kweacrid yakananga kunze (usabatidze inotenderera pamusoro-iyo-renji yekuburitsa hood fan kana ichingofuridza chiutsi kudzoka kunze kwekumusoro denga mukicheni yako).
2. Chengetedza maoko ako nemapapu: Pfeka magirovhosi emukicheni anorema kana magirovhosi e nitrile uye usafemere pagonhi paunenge uchirivhura, nekuti purasitiki yakatsva (polystyrene/polypropylene) uye yakatsva Teflon/isina-stick popcorn bag linings inoburitsa aldehydes, stymerene, uye acidic furene.
3. Bvisa zvisaririra zvakatsva muhari yesimbi kana singi yesimbi yakanyorova: Tamisira marara akapiswa anotonhora zvakananga mupoto yesimbi ine chivharo kana kuti nyatsoinyura mudhishi resimbi isina tsvina usati waendesa kunze kubhini rekunze remarara.
4. **Sarudza kana microwave yakachengeteka kuti imbovharwa zvakare **:
5. ** Rasa uye chinja microwave nekukasira kana **: Chero mukati mepurasitiki sirin'i pani kana turntable coupler yakanyunguduka, iyo yemukati yakapendwa simbi madziro akapushwa pasi kusvika kusimbi isina chinhu, gonhi resimbiso gasket kana machira emusuwo akamonywa (anogona kudonhedza microwave radiation), utsi hwemagetsi hwakabuda kubva padivi rekudzora mapaneru, kana hwindo regirazi rakatsemuka.
6. Kana chaive chikafu chidiki chakatsva / chiitiko chehutsi hunorema pasina kupiswa kwechimiro: Bvisa purani, geza madziro emukati uye girazi rinotenderedza zvakanaka nemvura inodziya, sipo yedhishi yemvura, uye paste yekubikisa kuti udzikise hutsi hune acid, uye siya mbiya yevhiniga chena kana kuti yakabatidzwa yemarasha inopfungaira kwemaawa mana ehutsi hunovharika.

Mamiriro echipiri: Sparks nemheni mukati memicrowave (Electrical arcing)¶

Kuona maspark emagetsi eblue-white, kupenya kweplasma, kana kunzwa ruzha rwe bzzzz-ZAP mukati memicrowave iri kumhanya kunotyisa, asi** not** zvinoreva kuti microwave yava kuda kuputika sebhomba. Ichi chiitiko chinodaidzwa kuti ** dielectric breakdown uye magetsi arcing **.

Sei simbi uye zvimwe zvekudya zvinopenya mu microwave¶

Microwaves mafungu emagetsi anoita kuti maerekitironi emahara ari muzvinhu zvinofambisa afambe achidzoka nekudzoka 2.45 bhiriyoni pasekondi.

• Micheto yesimbi yakatetepa, yakapinza kana yakakombana maringe nesimbi yakakobvu yakatsetseka: Madhuri esimbi akatsetseka, akakobvu (kufanana nemadziro emukati memicrowave pachayo) anoratidza mamicrowave zvisingakuvadzi segirazi. Zvakadaro, mamicrowave paanorova ** foil yakatetepa yealuminiyamu, kuputira foil yakaunyana, simbi inomonereka, tambo dzakapinza dzeforogo, kana microscopic hairline yegoridhe/silver metallic pendi yependi pamakagi echina**, maerekitironi anoungana zvine chisimba panzvimbo dzakapinza nemacheto matete. Izvi zvinogadzira yakakura voltage gradient (zviuru zvevolts pacentimita) inoisa mweya mumhepo inopenya yeplasma mheni inosvetuka pakati pemasimbi maviri kana kubva pafoiri kuenda kumadziro emicrowave.
• Nei makarotsi, mazambiringa, imbwa dzinopisa, uye nyama ine mabhonzo dzimwe nguva ichipfava (Hapana simbi iripo): Hautombodi simbi mumicrowave kuti uone pfarivari:
• Cheka makarotsi emwana, bhinzi dzakasvibira, nekakare: Miriwo inorimwa muvhu rine zvicherwa zvine munyu chaiwo, iron, magnesium, uye potassium, uye kana yakachekwa nebanga rakapinza mumicheto yakapinza ine mvura shoma yakatenderedza, inoita sedikidiki dipole antennas iyo carbonize pane matipi uye spark.
• Imbwa dzinopisa nemasoseji: Kuwanda kwemunyu wekurapa uye homwe dzisina kuenzana dzemafuta/mamineral zvinogona kukonzera madiki enzvimbo.
• Cheka mazambiringa: Mahafu maviri emazambiringa akabatanidzwa nebhiriji rakatetepa reganda ane dhayamita chairo rekutenderera ne12.2-centimita wavelength ye2.45-GHz microwaves mukati memvura, Inotarisa pane inopisa magineti yemagetsi ipapo pakubata inoisa potassium nesodium ions mumoto unopenya weplasma.

Tafura yekuongorora: isingakuvadzi chikafu spark vs. njodzi waveguide moto¶

Pese paunoona sparks mukati memicrowave, dzvanya ** Mira/Kanzura ** nekukurumidza uye shandisa tafura iyi kuongorora mukati kana yamira:

Maitiro ekuongorora uye kutsiva yakatsva Mica Waveguide Kavha yepasi pemadhora gumi¶

Vanhu vazhinji vanorasa ovheni yemicrowave yakanaka kwazvo yemadhora mazana matatu nekuti pfarivari dzinotanga kupfura mukati memadziro erudyi (kana denga repamusoro) kunyangwe iyo microwave isina zvachose.

Tarisa mukati me microwave yako: pamadziro ekurudyi, kumadziro kumashure, kana sirin'i, uchaona diki rectangular kana oval ndiro (inenge 5 ne 10 centimita / 2 ne 4 inches) inoratidzika seyakasimba grey kana tani kadhibhodhi, yakabatwa panzvimbo nediki mapurasitiki epurasitiki kana imwe screw. Ndiyo ** mica waveguide chivharo **. Kuseri kwekavha iyoyo kunogara mugero wesimbi usina mhango (waveguide) uko magnetron chubhu inobatidza simba remicrowave mubhokisi rekubikira. Pepa remica rinoita kuti mamicrowave apfuure akananga apo achichengeta chiutsi uye kupfapfaidza spaghetti muto kubva mugero remagnetron.

Kana girisi yakapfapfaidzwa kana chikafu pane iyo mica sheet ichibikwa kakawanda, girizi inoshanduka kuita dema conductive kabhoni. Nguva inotevera paunobatidza microwave, high-frequency energy arcs pane iyo dema kabhoni semwenje wewelding, uchipisa buri dema nepakati pepepa remica:

1. Bvisa tambo yemagetsi ewa microwave kubva kumadziro.

1. Buda kunze kana kusunungura yakatsva rectangular ** mica waveguide cover ** kubva mukati megomba rekubikira.
2. Penyidza tochi paburi rekona kuti utarise matipi antenna yemagnetron: Tarisa mukati memugero mapfupi esimbi kuseri kwekavha. Iwe uchaona diki cylindrical simbi chivharo (chinoratidzika senge ndarira diki kana yemhangura thimble inenge 1.5 centimita yakafara) inonamira pasi: ndiyo magnetron antenna cap.
3. Kana mugero wesimbi wakachena uye iyo magnetron antenna cap yakamira (kana iine diki inopusika soot smudge), pukuta mugero wacho nejira nyoro uye nekukwesha doro, tsvaga chivharo chako chekare chemica pane universal cheka-kukwana-inotsiva microwave mica sheet (inowanikwa pazvitoro zvemahara kana madhora mashanu) chigero, uye dzvanya chivharo chitsva chemica panzvimbo. Yako microwave inoshanda senge nyowani isina kana spark imwe chete.
4. Kana iyo simbi magnetron antenna cap pachayo iine gomba rakanyunguduka rakapiswa nemuromo wayo kana simbi yakatenderedza gomba yakatsva zvakaipisisa, ingave iyo magnetron chubhu inofanira kutsiviwa nenyanzvi kana microwave inofanira kutsiviwa.

Mamiriro echitatu: Mvura yakapisa uye chikafu chinoputika chinopisa¶

Ovheni yemicrowave inogona kugadzira njodzi mbiri dzakakomba dzinoputika dzinokonzera zviuru zvekubvumidzwa kwedhipatimendi rekukurumidzira nekuda kwekutsva kwechiso, cornea, uye chipfuva gore rega rega: **zvinwiwa zvinopisa zvakanyanya ** uye kumanikidzwa membrane kuputika.

1. Iyo fizikisi yemvura inopisa kwazvo (Nei mvura yakadzikama ichiputika kumeso kwako)¶

Paunobika hari yemvura pachitofu chegasi kana chemagetsi, kupisa kunopinda kubva pasi pesimbi pani. Makorokopu nemakomba akakasharara pasi pepoto anoteya tumahomwe twemhepo (nucleation sites) apo tuturu tunoumbana zviri nyore uye hunokwira pamusoro mumota inofashamira mvura painorova 100 degrees Celsius (212 degrees Fahrenheit).

Paunopisa **pachena, mvura yakachena mukati megirazi rakatsetseka, ceramic mug, kana kapu yekuyeresa yePyrex mumicrowave **, zvinhu zviviri zvine njodzi zvinoitika panguva imwe chete: - The microwave heats the water molecules uniformly throughout the core of the liquid rather than from the bottom up, and the smooth glazed glass or ceramic interior has zero rough scratches or air pockets (no nucleation sites) where a steam bubble can start forming. - As a result, the liquid water stays completely still and calm without a single bubble while its actual temperature climbs past 100 degrees Celsius (212 degrees Fahrenheit) to 102 to 106 degrees Celsius (215 to 223 degrees Fahrenheit): a metastable state called superheating.

The instant you break that delicate tension (either by jarring the cup as you lift it toward your face, or by dropping a spoon, a teabag, a pinch of sugar, or instant coffee crystals into the mug), you suddenly introduce thousands of microscopic air bubbles (nucleation sites) into superheated water. Within a millisecond, the excess thermal energy converts into a massive steam bubble at the bottom of the mug, blasting the entire cup of boiling water upward like a cannon straight into your face, eyes, and chest.

How to prevent and survive superheated liquid hazards¶

• If you already overheated a mug of plain water in the microwave:
• Do not open the door and grab the mug. Leave the microwave door closed for 2 to 3 full minutes so conductive cooling brings the water safely below 100 degrees Celsius (212 degrees Fahrenheit).
• Before lifting the mug out, stand back at arm's length with your face turned away and tap the side of the mug gently with a long wooden spoon to verify nothing erupts.
• How to prevent superheating every time you microwave water:
• Do not overheat water: Heat a single mug of water for no more than 60 to 90 seconds on High, stopping before it reaches boiling temperature.
• Place a clean wooden popsicle stick, wooden chopstick, or non-metallic wooden stir stick inside the cup of water BEFORE turning the microwave on: The porous wood grain provides millions of natural microscopic air pockets (nucleation sites), forcing the water to bubble gently and safely as soon as it reaches boiling point instead of superheating. (Note: Do NOT leave a metal spoon in the cup if your microwave manual prohibits it or if the spoon could touch the cavity walls.)
• Stir soluble powder (instant coffee, sugar, or bouillon) into the cold water BEFORE microwaving if appropriate, as dissolved particles help prevent pure-water superheating.

2. Why whole eggs, chestnuts, and sealed containers explode AFTER you take them out¶

Never microwave a whole egg in its shell, a peeled hard-boiled egg, or an unpierced egg yolk, even just to reheat a cold hard-boiled egg for 15 seconds.

• Inside an egg yolk (even one that is already hard-boiled), tiny pockets of water are trapped inside a dense, rubbery protein matrix surrounded by an impermeable membrane.
• Microwaves pass straight through the egg white and heat the water inside the center of the yolk far above 100 degrees Celsius (212 degrees Fahrenheit), building high-pressure superheated steam locked inside the rubbery yolk and shell.
• Crucially, a microwaved egg often does not explode while inside the microwave. Instead, it waits until you take it out, set it on your plate, and pierce it with your fork or bite into it with your teeth, at which point the pressurized yolk detonates with the force of a firecracker, causing severe corneal burns to the eyes, facial blisters, and oral burns.
• Foods you must ALWAYS pierce, slit, or vent before microwaving:
• Eggs: Crack raw eggs into a bowl and pierce the yolk membrane several times with a fork or toothpick (or scramble them); cut reheated hard-boiled eggs into small quarters before warming gently at 50% power.
• Whole potatoes, sweet potatoes, winter squash, eggplant, tomatoes, grapes, chestnuts, and apples: Stab the skin deeply 6 to 8 times all around with a fork so internal steam can hiss out harmlessly.
• Sausages, hot dogs, and chicken livers: Score or prick the outer casing.
• Sealed plastic takeout containers, baby food jars, and silicone bags: Never microwave a tightly latched plastic lid or sealed glass jar; always pop one corner of the lid open by at least 2 centimeters (1 inch) to vent steam.

Mibvunzo inowanzo bvunzwa¶

Kwatariswa¶

• United States Fire Administration (USFA / FEMA) and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA, United States): Home Cooking and Microwave Oven Fire Safety Sheets (keep-door-closed protocol, unplugging, and fire statistics).
• United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA, Center for Devices and Radiological Health): Microwave Oven Radiation Safety, Arcing Prevention, and Superheated Water / Exploding Egg Consumer Alerts.
• Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC, United States): Household Appliance Fire Hazards, High-Voltage Capacitor Electrocution Alerts, and Scald Burn Prevention.
• Health Canada (Canada): Radiation Safety of Microwave Ovens (door interlock safety, superheating physics, and safe container selection).
• London Fire Brigade and National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC, United Kingdom): Microwave Fire Safety and White Goods Electrical Isolation Guidance.
• American Burn Association (ABA, United States) and British Burn Association (BBA, United Kingdom): First Aid Clinical Guidelines for Scald Burns and Ocular Thermal Injuries from Superheated Liquids and Microwaved Eggs.

Mazano anoenderana¶

• Kitchen moto
• Mudziyo unodzima moto
• Kupisa
• Kukuvara kweziso