Will I Destroy My Microwave If It Runs Empty?

The heat formed in a microwave oven is due to bombarding food and liquids inside using high-frequency sound waves. The problem of operating the device without food is there is nothing inside the oven to absorb the microwave energy. Microwave energy may then feed back into the device itself, resulting in permanent damage to the magnetron, also known as the microwave antenna.

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