Within a microwave oven, which mechanism causes localized heating?

💡 Explanation

Dielectric materials absorb microwave energy via dielectric polarization which arises because polar molecules rotate and collide, therefore kinetic energy increases and the sample heats up, rather than resistive losses or wave interference.

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