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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: Brad Johnson on October 20, 2006, 09:32:06 AM
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The gaseous kind, not the liquid kind...
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/2006/10/how-to-make-plasma.html
Woud this qualify as "having too much free time"?
Brad
p.s. - if I don't log in tomorrow, call the paramedics. Tell them to look in front of the microwave.
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I've seen a lot of crazy microwave experiments... If you don't cover the burning match like they did, the plasma *WILL* float up to the top of your microwave. This does tend to leave scorch marks on your microwave.
There is a couple of guys in Great Britain that have done a lot of crazy experiments like that. Can't remember the name of their show now though....
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Well, they said, "don't try this at home". They didn't say anything about trying it with the microwave at work Monday morning...
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That's so cool! anyone know what causes that reaction?
~tmm
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I'm guessing the carbon in the match smoke gets excited by the microwaves.
He also said it's making Nitrous, Nitric (?) oxide or NO2, I know Nitric is the "bad one" but I forget it's formula.
Old CD's for 3 seconds are cool.
Also, a microwave will make flourescent tubes and the argon in incandescent bulbs glow.