William R. Watt wrote:

I've never tried putting a metal container in a microwave ...

Ta da!

but its supposed to be noisy and ruin the microwave oven.

Why is it "supposed" to be noisy and ruin the oven?


What do you suppose your microwave oven is made of?

There is one exception which is a metal container with
a special coating for microwaves.

Did you really spend your own money on that? Think about that one for a
moment. Is the "special coating" conductive? Does it absorb microwaves?
Does it reflect them? Is it made of some miracle material that even
Lockheed and the Air Force don't know about yet?

Rick

Whenever I've put metal in the microwave (accidentally), it has
produced lots of sparks.

Try putting an AOL CD in an old microwave. Light show!

-m

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Boatbuilder-friendly small sawmill in Ottawa/Gatineau region.

Max Camirand wrote:
Try putting an AOL CD in an old microwave. Light show!

It really is fantastic! I am tempted to put a switch on the light so
that it shows up better! Steel wool is also pretty good.

RicK

Rick wrote:
Max Camirand wrote:

Try putting an AOL CD in an old microwave. Light show!


It really is fantastic! I am tempted to put a switch on the light so
that it shows up better! Steel wool is also pretty good.

This only occurs with very thin coatings or slivers of metal. Placing a
metal spoon or pan in a microwave will have no effect.

Brian Nystrom wrote:

This only occurs with very thin coatings or slivers of metal. Placing a
metal spoon or pan in a microwave will have no effect.

Which is precisely the point I was trying to make in my first post on
the subject.

Rick

"Brian Nystrom" wrote in message
...
Rick wrote:
Max Camirand wrote:

Try putting an AOL CD in an old microwave. Light show!


It really is fantastic! I am tempted to put a switch on the light so
that it shows up better! Steel wool is also pretty good.

This only occurs with very thin coatings or slivers of metal. Placing a
metal spoon or pan in a microwave will have no effect.

Except when the length of the spoon is exactly a half wavelength of
2.45GHz....

Meindert

Brian Nystrom wrote:
Rick wrote:

Max Camirand wrote:

Try putting an AOL CD in an old microwave. Light show!



It really is fantastic! I am tempted to put a switch on the light so
that it shows up better! Steel wool is also pretty good.


This only occurs with very thin coatings or slivers of metal. Placing a
metal spoon or pan in a microwave will have no effect.

it does in my microwave

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Life is NOT a dress rehearsal.

dazed and confuzed wrote:
Brian Nystrom wrote:

This only occurs with very thin coatings or slivers of metal. Placing
a metal spoon or pan in a microwave will have no effect.

it does in my microwave

Does what?

Brian Nystrom wrote:


dazed and confuzed wrote:

Brian Nystrom wrote:


This only occurs with very thin coatings or slivers of metal. Placing
a metal spoon or pan in a microwave will have no effect.

it does in my microwave


Does what?

make sparks. from forks and spoons.

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Life is NOT a dress rehearsal.

Brian Nystrom wrote in message ...
dazed and confuzed wrote:
Brian Nystrom wrote:

This only occurs with very thin coatings or slivers of metal. Placing
a metal spoon or pan in a microwave will have no effect.

it does in my microwave

Does what?

Sounds like some of you are questioning us that have actually put pans
or spoons in microwaves. Rick, Brian, the rest, I have personally put
metal objects in microwaves by accident and on purpose and they
sparked and crackled. May be that technology has changed, or maybe you
have not done it but you can. Do a little experiment with mom's micro
and set a spoon or pan in and cook on high for a couple of minutes and
tell us of the real time results as opposed to these off handed
slights of our experiences? That would probably clear things up at
least for now. I will trust you, if you say nothing happened so be it,
I will know that technology has changed since the early 80's when I
sold the TI products.
Scotty