Re Aluminum foil on the walls...

From: Eugene Leitl (eugene.leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
Date: Thu Sep 16 1999 - 16:34:22 MDT


Brian D Williams writes:
 
> This of course is why you have a perforated metal screen in the
> front of your microwave oven, the wavelength is larger than the
> openings in the mesh, so they can't escape and you can safely watch
> so you don't burn your mac'n'cheese.....

Microwaves are not so easy. Things can be blocked by a mesh, yet
radiate like crazy through a loose rivet.



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