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Turn a Kitchen Microwave Into a Plasma-Etching Device

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

Bobs writes:

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: 3, Funny) by FatPhil on Monday August 13 2018, @03:16PM

    by FatPhil (863) <reversethis-{if.fdsa} {ta} {tnelyos-cp}> on Monday August 13 2018, @03:16PM (#721004) Homepage
    You can make a pretty solid (95+%) vaccuum by boiling a small bit of water out of whatever vessel you chose (as it will push all the air out as well). If only you had access to a microwave to boil the wat.. oh, wait.
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