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Re:Plasma generation by household microwave oven by jjulius on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @08:57PM (#26642372)
>So I think we're all aware that plasma can be made in a microwave...

HN has a more diverse knowledge base than you might think; I had no idea it could be made in a microwave until this very moment.

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Re:Plasma generation by household microwave oven by ygra on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @04:56AM (#26644955)
Fun fact: Microwaves are also used on a larger scale to generate plasma, e.g. in the experimental fusion reactor Wendelstein 7-X (and I believe they've worked on that with the people from ITER as well). It's just that they use 1 MW instead of just 800 W or so :-)
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Re:Plasma generation by household microwave oven by King-Aaron on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @11:21PM (#26643166)
You're one of todays lucky 10,000!

https://xkcd.com/1053/

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