Why aren't I dead/on fire?

[paradigm]

I just accidentally in my microwave, is this bad?

You just accidentally your whole microwave?

OMG, you are nuts!

 

[Ben M]

We are able to put metal in our microwave.

In fact when you are warming milk in a mug you are supposed to leave a teaspoon in iirc.

 

[bledd]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_(2003_season)

see episode 4

wow, just read about superheating water, sounds scary!

in uni i used to microwave wotsits

after about 3 seconds it would strip off the whole packet


sometimes it would just crush the whole pack into bits though, 50/50 chance i'd say

 

[Dr.EM]

I'd think that the location in the microwave would be important, and also that if you are just heating food for a sensible time the energy will mainly be absorbed by it. It's having 2 metal objects inside which is worst, where arcs can form between them. I suppose if you really wanted to make a mess you'd put in two pieces of foil with a small gap and nothing else!

I got a bright arc when defrosting hotdogs once, there were 2 still frozen together and as they melted apart they arced like crazy! Light coming from under the plate covering them, seemed to lift it up. Left a dark spot on the magnetron cover but still worked

 

[uber soldat]

Good question, however a better question would be, "why am i not dead/on fire"

 

[Belmit]

The instructions on my old microwave suggested putting a teaspoon in the cup if you warmed up liquid, to prevent it boiling over. Wish I still had them as no-one believes me!

 

[Participant]

Good question, however a better question would be, "why am i not dead/on fire"

Mine MW arcs and spits when I microwave butter in a foil package.

 

[UniqueID]

By the way, microwaving magnums to soften then up, with the foil still on.
Bad idea, i did it once, went crazy and melted to the magnum, when i peeled it off the magnum was still icy.

that just made me LOL. why oh why man would you wanna microwave an icecream?!? worst that can happen is brainfreeze!

 

[Deleted member 651465]

You just divided by zero.

DIV/0!

 

[4T5]

Microwaving metal is hardly dangerous.

Exactly, We used to stick my old Mas plates in with the Gold leaf stuff on it, Used to pop & Flash a bit but you only had to wipe away a few black marks afterwards, didn't dead me anyways.

 

[AMG]

next thing we know you stick fireworks into a microwave than run for it

 

[Deleted member 6068]

I smoke role ups and i regular put my tin in the microwave as long as i dont put anything else metal in with it nothing happens out of the ordinary. If ur wondering why its to dry it out as some baki is a bit to moist so needs drying out a bit.

 

[I get around]

that just made me LOL. why oh why man would you wanna microwave an icecream?!? worst that can happen is brainfreeze!

You know when you get it too hard and frosty, i wanted to soften it up a bit to make it more enjoyable.