Fun with a microwave oven and a grape
If anyone decides to do this please film it and post as a reply.
Preview says it hasn't been posted before, so apologies if a repost.
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Lord Gnome, Tue 7 Aug 2012, 11:49,
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There's a bunch of cool tricks you can try with microwaves
(note, however, that most of them probably have the potential to screw up your microwave)
CDs are fun because of the way you can see the sparks propagate across the disc surface. The best one is to light a candle, put a glass over it and switch on the microwave. It's a bit fiddly, but here's a video of it:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMxfqzuBXLo
(, Tue 7 Aug 2012, 12:53, Reply)
I've always been tempted to get an old one and play with the magnetron
It's just the prospect of heat death put me off.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Tue 7 Aug 2012, 13:00,
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Woah.
These people clearly don't wince at the unearthly "EVERYTHING'S ABOUT TO BLOW UP, RUN AWAY!!" noises.
(, Tue 7 Aug 2012, 13:03, Reply)
In our sixth form common room we used twat about with the microwave in the name of science.
We tried the grape and I seem to remember if you pushed cocktail sticks into each half it would arc quite spectacularly. Fairy lights would light up if you put a bunch of them in too. As mentioned above, CDs are very satisfying to watch.
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Pig Bodine., Tue 7 Aug 2012, 13:17,
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