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posted by Fnord666 on Monday August 13 2018, @01:55AM   Printer-friendly
from the don't-try-this-at-home-kids dept.

For those who want to play around with the other form of non-dark matter:

"Plasmas have never been easy to create or exploit. But now you can make them in your own kitchen. ...

Kausik Das of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and several colleagues who have found a way to create plasmas in an ordinary kitchen microwave. Their technique opens the way for a new generation to experiment with this exotic form of matter and perhaps to develop new applications.

They also demonstrate several interesting applications for home-brewed plasmas.

News:
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611740/how-to-turn-a-kitchen-microwave-into-a-plasma-etching-device/

Details:
https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.06784


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 13 2018, @07:27AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 13 2018, @07:27AM (#720858)

    1 atmosphere is 760 Torr, so I guess "partial vacuum" includes up to +5
      psig?

  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday August 13 2018, @09:25AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday August 13 2018, @09:25AM (#720878) Journal

    Ah, shit! My bad!!!
    The 100-1000 range (on which plasma happens in a matter of seconds) is, of course (stupid me), milliTor.

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