Sparking Potato Pieces

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Uploaded by on Jul 27, 2009

Small pieces of boiled potato spark in a microwave. I was quite surprised to see this happen since I hadn't seen it before, but apparently this happens with many kinds of food, when it is chopped up and has sharp edges. High electric fields at the edges cause a dielectric breakdown, and the sparks fly.

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