MicroMilk: Pasteurizing Milk With Microwaves
Friday, January 17, 2014 - 19:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Everyone's heard of microwave ovens by now. These mass-market kitchen devices were a by-product of a much more narrow application - radar. During World War II, the magnetron, a tube that produces microwaves, was invented to spot German bombers on their way to the British Isles. Later, Percy LeBaron Spencer of the Raytheon Company discovered that these radar waves melted a candy bar in his pocket and so the microwave oven - originally known as the Radar Range - was born.Microwave ovens can do wonderful things but the quality of the cooking is not uniform. So you might be a little skeptical about milk. read more