Showing posts with label Measuring speed of waves in EM spectrum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Measuring speed of waves in EM spectrum. Show all posts

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Measuring the speed of light using a microwave oven

Most of us are aware that the light has a speed. Therefore scientists have done experiments and finally came into a single numerical number which describes the speed of light. In fact it is 299 792 458 m / s which is around 3 x 10^8 m/s. But have you ever thought how you could get this value by experiments?
In this post I will be explaining you on how to do this using a microwave oven which is used in your kitchen for preparing food in day to day life.