Found out today

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what happens if you put metal in the microwave :shocking:

LIGHTNING!!!

There was a bit of butter left in the tub so I popped it in the microwave for a few seconds to soften it but there was a bit of foil left on the top.

Blue sparks and microwave did not sound happy!

Argh hope it is ok!

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kangoo wrote: »

what happens if you put metal in the microwave :shocking:

LIGHTNING!!!

There was a bit of butter left in the tub so I popped it in the microwave for a few seconds to soften it but there was a bit of foil left on the top.

Blue sparks and microwave did not sound happy!

Argh hope it is ok!

Haha.. youtube Thermite Vs Microwave, classic video.

Metal in the microwave is so funny, mythbusters have done some crazy myths based on that,

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poor microwave...hope that it is ok :crying:

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put a CD in it. Or just watch it on youtube. Damn you youtube! Look what you've done. You stopped young kids doing science and research.

Look what you can do with a microwave and a lightbulb or a burning matchstick. Does the word "plasma" ring a bell (outside of green blob shooting guns in sci-fi flicks?). Go, look at it.

And now stand back please, I'm going to use science.

Plasma in Microwave

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I've put a spoon in the microwave... I got well shouted at!!

Have you done that thing where you burn magnesium??!! We did it today. It was very cool. lol x
C-A x

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My mum done that the other day. It was quie funny! The microwave survived.

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Old people + microwaves + lack of knowledge about metal = win.

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RubberSkin wrote: »

Old people + microwaves + lack of knowledge about metal = win.

I'm not old!

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kangoo wrote: »

I'm not old!

He meant himself

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Did it go different colours?

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I've done that before, was melting some galaxy in the microwave and there was a tiny bit of foil left on it, it made a big bang and loads of blue sparks!

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im to much of a scaredy cat to do anything like that also i think my mum would go ballistic :P

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Knowing me, i would just panic and flap my arms about and totally forget to turn the microwave off. haha

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Same im not the best person at hand to deal with exploding objects.

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Yeah I'm awful at that too.
I once put my Ex's favourite bracelet in the microwave (very bad I know) when she had went completely mental at me.
She was devastated so I blamed it on her flatmate and she still hasn't found out it was me haha
I win crazy bitch lol
x Andy

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lol why the microwave?

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notanotherusername! wrote: »

lol why the microwave?

I have no idea. I was just standing in her kitchen and she stormed off, as she does, and it was just sitting there. The first place I could see to put it was there. So in it went.
x Andy

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I do believe the arcs of electricity don't actually harm the microwave at all, it's just advisable to not make it happen in the first place, having said that... a CD in the microwave is pretty cool.


As is Thermite and Ice. That's amazing.

and 1 million match heads going up in smoke at the same time too.

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I put a naan bread in the microwave in the paper thing it comes in not realising it has foil in it. The microwave turned into box of lightning and smoke poured out of it when I opened it. The naan was ok though it smelled a bit like ozone.

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Andy Pandy wrote: »

Yeah I'm awful at that too.
I once put my Ex's favourite bracelet in the microwave (very bad I know) when she had went completely mental at me.
She was devastated so I blamed it on her flatmate and she still hasn't found out it was me haha
I win crazy bitch lol
x Andy

Im too much of a pussy to try anything!

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Calvin wrote: »

He meant himself

Oh! LOL

Well

Kangoo + microwaves + lack of knowledge about metal = win.

Micro still works

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kangoo wrote: »

I'm not old!

Not you, you silly cow

Some old people, and some people in general, don't seem to think that tin foil, those foil takeaway containers and gold rimmed cups are metal. Makes for a lot of fun

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Yeh, my stepdad has these silver-rimmed plates that we now use for 'everyday' ...but you can't microwave them!!?! so they are a bit pointless for me

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skakitty wrote: »

Yeh, my stepdad has these silver-rimmed plates that we now use for 'everyday' ...but you can't microwave them!!?! so they are a bit pointless for me

we have them kind! i've nearly put them in soo many times haha

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Smartie wrote: »

Im too much of a pussy to try anything!

That was the first and only time I've ever done anything like that before.
Was pretty good though lol If anyone is ever really horrid to you, I recommend it fully!
x Andy

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When I did home-ec back in school, I was told that 2 materials in the microwave were a no-no. Metal was one and that other was wood.

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Andy Pandy wrote: »

That was the first and only time I've ever done anything like that before.
Was pretty good though lol If anyone is ever really horrid to you, I recommend it fully!
x Andy

Think im going to bear that in mind

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Smartie wrote: »

Think im going to bear that in mind

Haha yeah you totally should!
x Andy

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Andy Pandy wrote: »

Haha yeah you totally should!
x Andy

my master plan for revenge!

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Smartie wrote: »

my master plan for revenge!

I think a watch would be even better!
x Andy

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Monserrat wrote: »

When I did home-ec back in school, I was told that 2 materials in the microwave were a no-no. Metal was one and that other was wood.

What happens if you put wood in the microwave then?