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*NOTE* If you try this it will break your microwave :) *Try at own risk This is a pretty cool experiment. A dude lights a candle inside a microwave then places a glass jar over the candle. Check out what happens when the microwave turns on. He ended up blowing the circuit board costing him about a hundred and fifty bucks but for 5 seconds that looked pretty cool.

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  • Date 8/21/2006 1:32:23 AM
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Baki86 : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

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1175 days 12 hours ago...

how the hell does the candle stay lit if there is no air?? i mean the jar is covering it. but pretty cool anyway

JCast : LVL 14: VP 2.3: said:

JCast

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1175 days 11 hours ago...

Anybody take chemistry and would like to explain what happened? Pretty intresting... Ive seen alot crap stuffed into microwaves but this most intresting in a long time

jokingpeo : LVL 29: VP 3.8: said:

jokingpeo

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1175 days 11 hours ago...

Where did I leave my candles...

Massive_Yawn : LVL 28: VP 3.7: said:

Massive_Yawn

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1175 days 11 hours ago...

I'm pretty sure it is the combusted gases (which are hot) becoming conductive under the microwaves (as they knock off the electrons from the gas) making it hot ionised material (plasma) which is the 4th phase of matter. The bright light given off is because as the gas absorbs a micorwave, electrons are pushed to a higher orbit (shell energy), which is not the normal state for the material. As the electron drops back to its natural orbit and sheds energy in the form of photons (hence the light).... I think :)

Flynn_2006 : LVL 30: VP 3.9: said:

Flynn_2006

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1175 days 11 hours ago...

Plasma - typically an ionized gas, and is usually considered to be a distinct phase of matter in contrast to solids, liquids, and gases because of its unique properties. (Plasma corresponds remarkably well to "fire" in the four classical elements, fire, earth, air and water.) "Ionized" means that at least one electron has been dissociated from a proportion of the atoms or molecules. The free electric charges make the plasma electrically conductive so that it responds strongly to electromagnetic fields. - wikipedia

so now you know. also works without the jar. some glass wares might not withstand the intense heat so beware of mom's complains afterward.

numnums : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

numnums

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1175 days 10 hours ago...

Massive_Yawn...Flynn_2006...what Freq does a Microwave operate at?

Patsch : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

Patsch

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1175 days 8 hours ago...

Microwave ovens operate at 2,45GHz.

quatermass : LVL 27: VP 3.6: said:

quatermass

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1175 days 8 hours ago...

is that enough to do my ready meals then??????


^yawn and flynn, i concur, that is indeed plasma,
super heated gas for you non scientists!

Igotacavity : LVL 28: VP 3.7: said:

Igotacavity

1 votes NegativePositive

1175 days 7 hours ago...

OMG, I think I just got schooled!!

iceman1731 : LVL 25: VP 3.4: said:

iceman1731

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1175 days 7 hours ago...

The jar is not covering the candle cause the guy has the jar proped up on some things, so there is an opening at the bottom.

Humanvegetable : LVL 29: VP 3.8: said:

Humanvegetable

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1175 days 5 hours ago...

schooled, biatch.

Burden : LVL 22: VP 3.1: said:

Burden

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1175 days 5 hours ago...

Microwaves are specifically targeted to be absorbed by water. Combustion of the candle will produce water, CO2, CO, soot. Odds are the water vapor ends up getting superheated and turns the mixture into plasma. Now band gaps can change according to temperature so maybe that may have something to do with the amount of light emission.

Lemjack : LVL 25: VP 3.4: said:

Lemjack

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1175 days 5 hours ago...

hell of a way to make a light globe..

Akatsuki No Tobi : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

Akatsuki No Tobi

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1174 days 22 hours ago...

O_O

Vizreel : LVL 26: VP 3.5: said:

Vizreel

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1174 days 20 hours ago...

very nice.... I should've thought of it... it's fairly simple, solid turns into liquid, liquid into gas, gas into plasma which very shiny oooo 8-)... the fumes from the candle stay on top (more accurately, the bottom) of the jar and then they are heated enough by the microwave to create plasma... I wonder how the jar looked afterwards...

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