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A Foundry in Every Kitchen

Posted by michael on from the we-are-not-responsible-if-you-burn-your-arm-off dept.

WolfWithoutAClause writes "Bored with making the same old food or plasma in your microwave? David Reid sounds like he is. He's using his domestic microwave oven to melt iron, silver and bronze! Over 900C! I don't know about you, but I'm going to be checking the temperature of my pizza rather more carefully in future..."

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  1. Re:Whatever happened to the thought...... by sholden · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    that silverware such as forks, knives and spoons should not be placed in a microwave. Also I thought aluminum foil was not supposed to be placed inside a microwave too. Oh well.

    You could try reading the article which mentions what happens with a fork and why it doesn't occur with the setup used.

    But that would require a brain cell I guess and you don't seem to have one spare.