Microwave ovens are everywhere, and at the heart of them is a magnetron — a device that creates microwaves. [DiodeGoneWild] tore one apart to show us what was inside and how it works. If you … ...

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But Spencer was not seeking food-related inventions. As an employee of defense technology company Raytheon, Spencer only made the connection to food when a radar magnetron accidentally melted a ...

A radar magnetron is a sort of electric whistle that, instead of creating vibrating sound, creates vibrating electromagnetic waves. According to Michalak, ...

His work on the magnetron, which vastly improved radar technology, garnered him a Distinguished Public Service Award from the U.S. Navy. But that’s not the work on which he’d hang his hat.

The cavity magnetron went on to be used throughout the war in RADAR systems both air and sea. Today, many military RADAR systems use klystrons or traveling wave tube amplifiers due to requirements ...

A radar magnetron is a sort of electric whistle that, instead of creating vibrating sound, creates vibrating electromagnetic waves. According to Michalak, ...