Ralph J. Coppola --- r_j_coppola<at>hotmail.com
SAS Disclaimer
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Feature
Mark Streitman sent us the URL of an interesting
video clip showing the
effect of microwave energy on a flame.
Warning: If you are interested in conducting any
of the listed microwave oven experiments, please read over
and follow these safety suggestions.
- Re-read the
SAS
Disclaimer.
- Have some method to remotely turn off the AC power
to the microwave.
- Follow all safety precautions that are listed on the suggested web
sites.
- Do not place explosive or highly flammable materials in the microwave.
- Wear safety glasses and keep a Class “C” fire extinguisher handy.
- I would recommend that you buy a new or used oven to be used exclusively
for experimenting. Others in your family might not appreciate
finding the household microwave filled with crud from your
last experiment when they go to heat up a snack.
- Finally, if I were conducting any of these demonstrations, I would
move the microwave oven out into the back yard --- just
in case and only if the ground is not damp or wet. If something
goes wrong, I wouldn’t burn down my house. Plus, some of
these experiments will produce ozone and NO2,
both of which are poisonous!
How to build yourself a
One Atmosphere Plasmoid.
How to make a Stable Plasmoid
with the Graphite Microwave Resonator.
Three
recipes for producing ionized plasmoids in your microwave oven.
Generating Hot
Plasmas Using a Microwave Oven
Microwave Experiments
We-Man’s Funny Things To Do With Your Microwave Oven Page
Wanderings
If you plan to be in the UK, between 05
and 16 April 2006, try to drop
by Edinburgh for their annual International Science Festival.
The Victoria Experimental Network Under the Sea (VENUS) is an array of video cameras and
instruments that are being used to conduct real time coastal
oceanography.
Table top fusion is alive and well. See Brian McDermott’s account
of his construction of a fusor.
His site links to other fusion sites.
The
Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) is an instrument on board the Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
It combines a 5-wavelength visual imaging system with a 9-wavelength
infrared imaging system.
NASA’s Mars Exploration Program
Google’s map of Mars.
In his book --- Surely
You're Joking, Mr.Feynman!
Richard Feynman described how he, while working on the
development of the A Bomb at Los Alamos, would amuse himself by picking the locks on the “secure”
file cabinets. Why not try
lock picking for yourself?
Here is a nice Wikipedia
entry on Feynman.
The
Stone Pages report that
Italian archaeologists have discovered that olive oil was used to smelt copper
ore in some parts of the ancient world.
Have a look at the pulsejet.com
site for DIY information on all
kinds of jet engines.
The Kids Room
The
TeachEngineering digital library provides teacher-tested, standards-based engineering
content for K-12 teachers to use in science and math classrooms.
Navigation Education
Materials from the Institute of Navigation. 
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