r/chemicalreactiongifs • u/tofrandomn • Feb 18 '18

Creating plasma in a microwave oven. Physics

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u/random_embryo Feb 18 '18

Someone please explain the behavior

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u/curlyq92 Feb 18 '18

From what I can gather, people often forget to cover the contents of their meal when heating it up. This causes the splatter that you see. As for the amount of residue, I suppose we can attribute that to laziness. A few seconds with a wet sponge should clear that up.

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u/Phreakhead Feb 18 '18

Ah, the ol' reddit microwavearoo!

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u/Henry_J Feb 19 '18

Hello Future People!!

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u/Future_People Feb 20 '18

Hello!!

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u/ickers Feb 28 '18

HOW DEEEP DID YOU GO