Sample of moulding sand overheated in a microwave

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    1. BitsOfReality on

      I have somewhat of a home foundry project going on.

      Was experimenting with carbon additions to moulding sand and drying the samples in a microwave oven. In case of this specimen time was too long.

    2. ObligationMurky8716 on

      We had a guy try to pitch using salt to store heat from microwaves, for use later in electricity generation, like one of those solar plants. He claimed it would be 70% efficient but I couldn’t keep my face straight enough.

    3. This happened with my grandmother when her Alzheimer’s got bad. She put a potato in the microwave and we assume – hit the potato button multiple times.

      The microwave died. The potato, when found, looked like this.

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