Timeline for Why didn't microwaving a stainless steel spoon set my kitchen on fire?
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| Mar 27, 2017 at 12:21 | comment | added | rackandboneman | ...And a 1300W heat source is plenty enough to set something on fire. A 13W soldering iron can. | |
| Mar 27, 2017 at 12:19 | comment | added | rackandboneman | Understand that the way radio waves of a certain wavelength interact with objects is extremely dependent on the shape and size of the object. Real life antennas don't come in odd shapes because they are modern art. | |
| S Mar 25, 2017 at 10:00 | history | suggested | Peter Mortensen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Copy edited. (its = possessive, it's = "it is" or "it has". See for example <http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Its-and-It%27s>.)
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| Mar 24, 2017 at 14:27 | comment | added | Charles | It takes about 30 kJ to melt an entire spoon (a typical 25g stainless steel spoon), about half of which is bringing it up to its melting point. Magnetron efficiencies vary, but even at a low-end efficiency of 60%, a 1300-watt microwave would take 38 seconds to melt the entire spoon. So there was definitely enough power to melt the spoon. But the water probably absorbed almost all of the microwaves in this case. | |
| Mar 23, 2017 at 18:42 | review | First posts | |||
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| Mar 23, 2017 at 18:40 | history | answered | lordmogul | CC BY-SA 3.0 |