Nigel-YZ1
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As above, I've tried heating something in a bowl with gold leaf on it. Reverse alchemy! I've now go a bowl with black leaf on it 
Putting metal things in a microwave
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Levo-Lon
Guru
I did the same with my managers coffee..
The gold on the handle was so hot it was instant blister heat!! And only a minute of max power too..
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nickyboy
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That's particularly an issue as someone could use the discarded sofa in the front garden to gain access to the bathroom window
Levo-Lon
Guru
As above, I've tried heating something in a bowl with gold leaf on it. Reverse alchemy! I've now go a bowl with black leaf on it
reverse alchemyThe reason for that label is that water can easily become superheated in a microwave without something to break the surface tension or act as a site of vapour nucleation - without either of these it can't turn from liquid to gas.I was told to leave a teaspoon in the glass when I make my hot choc by the kitchen salesman that sold/installed my fitted kitchen with integrated microwave, something to do with stopping the milk boiling over????
I haven't tried it yet in the intervening 5 yrs but there is a funny label on the micro door....
In fact here it is, just for you
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As soon as you break the surface tension it will spontaneously explode into vapour and spray superheated water everywhere. Hence the dire warnings.
Though no doubt they’d just use one of the bricks holding your car up and chuck it through any window.
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
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I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
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Oh, Marky, I'm so glad you're back. It's just like the old days...… 
(please note I was looking for a Nescafe handshake smiley, but apparently we don't have one!).
(please note I was looking for a Nescafe handshake smiley, but apparently we don't have one!).
Mr Celine
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If you like flames in your microwave put a grape in. Make a small cut at one end of it first.
Maybe but I don’t think it could get to the edge of my grounds without getting too tired and coming back.
Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
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I did this once with a cup of water. I plopped a teabag in it, and it exploded. I had no idea what sort of witchcraft this was until I read about it some time later. I thought I'd accidentally bought an explosive teabag or something.
classic33
Leg End Member
It can heat water to above 100°C without it boiling. The spoon allows the heat to spread a little more evenly. Also prevents it from "boiling over" if you were to put the spoon in after.I was told to leave a teaspoon in the glass when I make my hot choc by the kitchen salesman that sold/installed my fitted kitchen with integrated microwave, something to do with stopping the milk boiling over????
I haven't tried it yet in the intervening 5 yrs but there is a funny label on the micro door....
In fact here it is, just for you
View attachment 441401
classic33
Leg End Member
More a Mythbusters fan missen.
The brainiac stuff is older now, I've not seen a lot of the mythbusters stuff.
