I am using a material that is good at absorbing RF and converting it to heat.silicon carbide foam
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 22, 2021, at 5:51 PM, Robert <i...@avantwireless.com> wrote: > > I think that's how he's generating so much heat.. > > On 11/22/21 1:56 PM, dmmoff...@gmail.com wrote: >> Doesn’t metal in the microwave produce a lot of arcing? >> >> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via AF >> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2021 3:51 PM >> To: af@af.afmug.com >> Cc: Chuck McCown <ch...@go-mtc.com> >> Subject: [AFMUG] OT having fun >> >> I melted stainless steel in a consumer grade microwave oven this morning. >> The melting temp of stainless was a bench mark temp I am trying to hit. A >> consumer grade infrared thermometer that is supposed to go to 3000 F said it >> was 300F. Can’t use thermocouples due to the high RF field inside. Still >> looking for a way to measure the temp of the heating zone. >> >> This is something I have been working on for a while. It really works well. >> I have some silicon carbide foam that absorbs microwaves embedded in some >> super high temp insulation. I got it so hot it actually melted a hole in >> the foam and made a crater in the fire brick it was setting on. No evidence >> of plasma, just pumping 1250 watts of energy into a very well insulated >> item. I was astounded that it was glowing through the insulation. >> >> > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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