Ok, here's what I did... Well actually it isn't, since the notebook in which I did it, I left somewhere else, so I actually redid the calculations here at the computer as I entered them. I came up with the solution this time. I think it's really nice, and interesting, hope you agree. You'll see...
Ok, I've realized that you were right, the box itself is called the resonator, and a knew that previously, I just mixed things up the last time... On the other hand when I was only quoting sophiecentaur about EM fields not interacting. I think we were both talking about EM waves in this case...
Ok, "still pretty important" was an understatement, but still, it's not the resonator, because the resonator is what actually resonates. The walls don't resonate, but they are needed for the EM waves to interfere and therefore resonate... :)
Yeah, that's the exact method I was going with, but I think I'm making some mistake in it somewhere. Finding where the derivative is zero amounts to a quadratic equation. This equation should have a positive (realistic) solution as long as all parameters are positive, but it's not so, so I'm...
:) Probably stacking them up would block too much radiation, thinking of some of the big pots warmed up in the microwave staying cold in the core... :) But a lot depends on what you use. Also, if you did find something that would work, you would get a completely different picture compared to...
I have an interesting question, that I've been struggling with for a while now, but I'm somehow messing it up. I haven't found anything on the internet (hard to search for something like this)
so I'm wondering if any of you know something useful about it, or do better at finding the solution...
Electromagnetic standing waves do exist. If you have some extra cheese or chocolate at home, you can even test it, you will also need a microwave oven. First you'll have to mess around with the microwave itself. You have to make the food-rotating-tray NOT turn around as it usually does. How you...