Microwaving disks

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How come when you microwave a disk it sparks?

 

[bryanW1995]

It's the, um, flourescence.

 

[taltamir]

sparks as in shoots out arks of electricity aka sparks (I think, I never microwaved a CD). Not sparkle (flourescence)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_oven#Metal_objects
A lot of discs have metal in them.

EDIT: Actually, not only have I never microwaved a CD, the only non food thing I ever microwaved was a hot water bottle.

 

[Coup27]

what about microwaving cats?

http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16116435

 

[bryanW1995]

sparks as in shoots out arks of electricity aka sparks (I think, I never microwaved a CD). Not sparkle (flourescence)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_oven#Metal_objects
A lot of discs have metal in them.

I left off the /sarcasm tag, that was a Twilight reference.

what about microwaving cats?

http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16116435

Sounds like a real stand-up girl. Rather than discussing her issues like an adult, she bbq'd her neighbor's cat. Cruelty to a defenseless creature is disgusting.

 

[taltamir]

I left off the /sarcasm tag, that was a Twilight reference.

Ah, sorry. Internet doesn't pass sarcasm well and I didn't realize the twilight reference.

 

[dac7nco]

what about microwaving cats?

http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16116435

She should be shot, as should you for posting that on a tech forum.

 

[BFG10K]

This is not a storage/memory topic, Super Moderator BFG10K.