Hannah heats refrigerated rice which has been devoid of moisture and become dry. She heats it in a microwave. It gets unevenly heated. What should she do?

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asked Jan 30, 2022 in Food Engineering by Amelia (93.7k points)

Hannah heats refrigerated rice which has been devoid of moisture and become dry. She heats it in a microwave. It gets unevenly heated. What should she do?

(a) Water should be added for even heating

(b) She should heat it using equipment that offers conduction or convection

(c) None of the mentioned

(d) All of the mentioned

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This is a very interesting question from Unit Operations topic in chapter Heat Transfer Equipment, Microwave Heating, Evaporation, Diffusion and Mass Transfer and Dehydration of Food Engineering

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