Microwavable Grape Plasma

1:00 lmfao

ok, so what is actually happening? Why does this occur?

The toxic chemicals don't come from the grape, but rather from the air in the microwave. The high energy reaction causes oxygen (O2) in the air to reform into ozone (O3). Ozone is toxic if you concentrate it, but at the levels this experiment would produce, it would likely be harmless. It would likely smell like an old photocopier, as they produced about the same amount of ozone when they were running. Anything that uses high voltage produces it to some extend.

As with many high-energy reactions, this generates Ozone (O3) which is toxic. However, it is generated in fairly small amounts, and you'd have to work hard to concentrate it enough to be harmful.

If you did this, you'd probably find it smells like a photocopier or laser printer. Those devices have a high enough electrical field on components that they generate small amounts of ozone, too.

lol put a glass over it

Holy shit! That was awesome!

yea, I'm gonna do this at work on Monday....hehehe....

It's not plasma! It's just ionized gas! Thanks, I needed a good laugh.

A gas becomes a plasma when the addition of heat or other energy causes a significant number of atoms to release some or all of their electrons. Those atoms and the resulting electrically charged gas are said to be "ionized." When enough atoms are ionized to significantly affect the electrical characteristics of the gas, it is a plasma.

So yes, this is plasma because the electrical characteristics of the gas are changed, hence the blue ball shape inside the glass...

lol