Microwave cooking uses microwave radiation to make water molecules in food rotate, transferring kinetic energy to heat energy and cooking food from the inside out. Metal linings and wires in glass microwave doors reflect microwaves back into the oven. Conventional ovens use heating elements that emit infrared radiation to warm the surface of food, and heat is then conducted inwards to cook through and through. Hot objects emit more infrared radiation, while black surfaces absorb more infrared and shiny objects reflect more infrared.