Why do microwaves not melt ice cubes?

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I put them on top of rice for 3 minutes, the rice gets super hot, but the ice cubes are barely affected.

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Because microwaves create heat by vibrating the moisture (free water molecules) inside the food. Ice is too solid/crystalline in structure to have anything the radiation waves can vibrate so it just stares right back, unphased.

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