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When you microwave a CD, something amazing happens. Lightning, plasma, and fire emanating from that once-perfect plastic disc. Problem is you’re just as likely to blow up your microwave and yourself, as you are to see anything cool, so don’t do this at home. OK? Just feast your eyes on this little lot. [Twitter via Sunday via Kotaku]
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Awesome find, Gibbsy!
Gibbsy?
Sam Gibbs – Gibbsy.
I got it, don’t worry
I got it, just thought it was very intimate
I did this once! I think claiming the microwave will blow up is a bit of a stretch. I’m pretty sure certain kinds of soap can turn one into a bit of a foam machine though.
Bars of soap in the microwave are pretty hilarious too; (although slightly less so if it’s actually your microwave) they turn into little volcanos and then spew tiny soap lava-floes down their sides…and then comes the smoke, at which point I’d normally stop, so I don’t know if there was explosion potential after that!
Awesome! Normally Jesus Diaz loves these sort of things btw.
I think Sauron got this infection too
I’ve done this dozens of times, as well a all sorts of other objects. Please explan to us how exactly it can blow up the microwave and the person using it? Does it release some kind of explosive fuel? I would love to know the science behind this supposed explosion.
Overcooking Popcorn in a Microwave is lethal.
My friend put it in for 13 mins instead of 3 for some reason and the only time we noticed was smoking coming out of the utility room and all in the house. It was the worst smell ever, you actually choked on the fumes and I couldn’t stand to be in the house for a week after.
You’d constantly puke from the smell.
When will Gizmodo have an edit option?
When microwaves first came to the UK I got one (a huge Panasonic with a built in grill and regular oven too) and the first non food item I ever microwaved in it was a CD, and it was as spectacular as these photos! I then tried a battery, some eggs (in a plastic bag, probably the most exciting thing to microwave) and various other objects. The microwave lasted at least 15 years before we took it to a charity shop. Panasonic stuff is indestructible.
So what happens to eggs?
nvm I youtubed it, they just explode. I also found this, perhaps the most boring microwave experiment ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=LkLlZccts3E&feature=fvwp