Video: What is a MAGNETRON - How Does it Work

►WHAT IS THIS

In this video, I look at a microwave's radiation emitter: a magnetron. This component is DANGEROUS!!!! It has several toxic materials inside of it. Please be careful.

Unlike other videos I could find, I focus on the physics of what is going on inside of a magnetron. I hope this will help people understand them better.

►TIMESTAMPS

0:58 - Inside a Microwave

1:20 - High Voltage

1:54 - The RHR

2:09 - Magnetron Physics

4:08 - How the EM is Created

6:00 - What the Wave Looks Like

6:36 - Beryllium - BAD

8:40 - A Cross-Sectional View

►EXTERNAL LINKS

I didn't have time to explain everything. Here is where I did my research.

Animated Magnetron Operation (Very well done) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVu11WWrNbQ

Microwave Oven Circuit - http://www.microtechfactoryservice.com/doubler.html

Magnetron Construction - http://www.cpii.com/docs/related/2/MAG%20TECH%20ART.pdf

Theory of Operation (Physics Lecture) - http://slideplayer.com/slide/6004351/

How Microwave Heat Water - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dielectric_heating

History of Operation - https://www.radiomuseum.org/forum/vm_tubes_magnetrons_and_similar_devices.html?thread_id=209701

My Microwave Gun - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIOpGtsfU80

►NOTE

On a personal note: All of you catastrophist peers of mine who said I didn't know what I was doing when I made a Microwave Gun. Eat your words!

►CREDITS

Narrator: Dayton Aardema - EE

Editor: Dayton Aardema

Music: Cody Aardema - Blueprint Theme

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