The reason the "ball lightning" is formed is that hot ionized gas in flames and arcs is a pretty good conductor,; and like a moist hunk of meatloaf, will absorb microwave power and resistive heating will result.
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Jan 6, 2008 This is a fun experiment if you haven't tried it. It probably won't hurt your microwave if you want to give it a shot.
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Ball Lightning Page Microwave Oven Ball Lightning (msg from usa-tesla listserv) Microwave Oven Recipe: Ball Lightning...
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Microwave Ball Lightning. This diabolical contraption is made from parts salvaged from an old microwave oven. The magnetron, cooling fan, capacitor,
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The purpose of this experiment is to maintain a stable plasmoid ( a ball lightning ) at one .... Plasmoid ( ball lightning ) with a microwave resonator...
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Sep 9, 2009 Ball Lightning buzzes inside microwave ovens because the half-wave voltage doubler causes the magnetron to pulse 50 times a second (or 60 if...
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Ball lightning has also been photographed, although some scientists are wary of such evidence, believing that it is easy to confuse some other light phenomenon for the real thing. One man, however, has obtained not just still photographs but 16 mm film of what may be a ball lightning event.
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According to both Pavão and Abrahamson, the spectacle that you can create in your microwave oven is more like the Tel-Aviv University group’s experiment than actual ball lightning. Outside energy from the microwave Do-it-yourself ball lightning in the microwave? Not exactly. [Photo illustration by Eric R. Olson]
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UNWISE MICROWAVE OVEN EXPERIMENTS; High Voltage in the Kitchen Does your microwave oven belong to your parents? If so, then don't even THINK about trying any of these experiments. I'm serious. If I wreck my microwave oven, I can buy another. Also, I'm a professional electrical engineer.
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This is a fun one. Here are the steps. Obtain a grape, sharp knife, microwave, small plate, and paper towel. Slice the grape on the plate short ways (so the knife is going through the center touching the least amount of grape)
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