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Plasma generation by household microwave oven

by agarttha on 3/29/21, 10:26 AM with 20 comments

  • by 29athrowaway on 3/31/21, 1:36 AM

    "How Microwaving Grapes Makes Plasma" by Veritasium

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCrtk-pyP0I

  • by frongpik on 3/31/21, 12:20 AM

    That's really old news. I guess the paper has just properly described the effect.
  • by iaw on 3/31/21, 12:47 AM

    So I think we're all aware that plasma can be made in a microwave, could someone ELI5 what the new information is here? Is it that the plasma can be used for applications similar to a lab setting?