Microwave Plasma

[OredhotchilipeppersO]

does this have any possibility of destroying a microwave i wanna do it but i dont wanna buy a new microwave

[yuna238]

oredhotchilipeppers0 this will destroy a microwave eventually. Because microwaving flames is almost the same as putting a roll of aluminum foil in there. The electrons are being knocked out and displace out of their atomic shell.

The magnetron is the piece in the microwave that shoots out electrons to cook food. And when the electrons are going crazy it will damage the magnetron.

[Deskonet]

my microwave mest up for good once and forever , not working any more totaly !

still almost new , my lost !

[decenttv]

awesome just like once you put tin foil in a microwave...BOOM!. classic

[yuna238]

decenttv its not awesome its called stupidity. Tin foil in microwave is just the concept of aluminum reflecting electrons off. Plasma does not happen when you microwave a flame. All the microwave is doing is ionizing the gas produced by the flame and giving the gas particles energy. By kinetic molecular theory when particles gain high amounts of energy they collide faster creating a release of high energy and that is what you see in here not real plasma.

[keggerous]

flame is plasma......... and ionized gas is actually another way of saying PLASMA

[keggerous]

well actually flame isnt active enough to qualify as a plasma i guess so ur probably right im im probably wrong.

[yuna238]

keggerous flames can only be considered plasma when it reaches several thousand of degrees centigrade (this can be seen in large uncontrollable forest fires during summer heat).

But a microwave does not put out several thousand degrees of heat. SO microwaving flames arent really making plasma.

Microwaving flames is more like microwaving aluminum foil. You are only displacing and knocking electrons off.

[yuna238]

Plasma requires a certain amount of heat to be produced. Ionizing gas at low temp doesnt mean its producing plasma.

If this microwave home experiment is considered plasma we will be learning this already from Chemistry high school and microwaves will never be used as a household equipment.

[keggerous]

yea i looked it up after i posted cuz i always thought fire was a plasma but it doesnt adhere to definition of plasma

[mickey8643]

try so smelt some paperclips together

:)

[utubeboi3451]

sweet