A grape + microwave = dangerous experiment

[Locut0s]

http://www.jokeroo.com/extremevideos/grape_plasma.html

And here's an explanation of why this happens:

http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/dec97/882909591.Ph.r.html

 

[rambow]

good post

 

[eits]

for some reason, the link to the video makes my firefox crash.

 

[Locut0s]

Originally posted by: eits
for some reason, the link to the video makes my firefox crash.

Really? Not here.

 

[eits]

Originally posted by: Locut0s

Originally posted by: eits
for some reason, the link to the video makes my firefox crash.

Really? Not here.

no biggie.. i pulled the video up someplace else.

 

[George P Burdell]

Holy grape plasma, Batman!

 

[zylander]

sick, I wanna try.

 

[iamaelephant]

There was a similar thread a little while ago using a match stick. Cool stuff, certainly something I want to try one day.

 

[SunnyD]

I found that single grapes would eject steam out of the stem hole forming little rocket engines which often propelled the grapes about the oven.

Hehehahaha... I wonder how many "grape-power" it would take to get the shuttle in orbit.

 

[BrokenVisage]

damn that's cool

 

[DrPizza]

It's been posted here a dozen times or so, but is always worthy of a repost
"dangerous"?? I'd call it cool, interesting, even neat-o. But hardly dangerous.

Advice: before showing your friends, figure out which ones are most gullible. "Did you see the report on foxnews? You know how when you get metal in your mouth, it has a certain taste to it? Well, they figured out that if you put metals in the soil near grape vines, it's absorbed into the grapes, giving them more of a sweet taste, plus it keeps insects from eating the grapes. Of course, they can't get away with it in this country, but MSNBC and CNN discovered that in poor 3rd world countries, where our grapes are imported from this time of year, they put heavy metals like mercury in the soil as a sort of fertilizer. Here - I'll show you how much metal is in a grape. You know how you're not supposed to put metal in a microwave? Watch this."

I've suckered dozens of people on this; several vowing to never eat grapes again. (Of course, I tell them it's a joke afterward)

 

[AmigaMan]

I foresee a lot of new microwaves being ordered for Christmas by the parents of the kiddies here on ATOT

 

[Minerva]

This will NOT harm the oven in any way.

Now placing the glass over the grape does make it more dangerous as the glass can heat up and shatter. And if little Johnny grabs the glass after its session with the plasma he may be in for a surprise because anyone that's had chem lab before knows the cardinal rule about glassware. (cold glass looks identical to hot glass)

Want to learn more?

Check it out

 

[imported_Devine]

Awesome video but I fear that you have inspired lots of little kiddies to go and try this

 

[Locut0s]

Originally posted by: Minerva
This will NOT harm the oven in any way.

Now placing the glass over the grape does make it more dangerous as the glass can heat up and shatter. And if little Johnny grabs the glass after its session with the plasma he may be in for a surprise because anyone that's had chem lab before knows the cardinal rule about glassware. (cold glass looks identical to hot glass)

Want to learn more?

Check it out

Well the magnetron inside the microwave is designed only to run when there is a significant load to work on. That's why they always tell you to place at least a glass of water in the microwave when testing, otherwise you could overload the magnetron and fry your oven.