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comario2
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MICROWAVE TEK ALERT
#990632 - 10/24/02 07:02 PM (21 years, 3 months ago) |
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be extremely cautious when using the microwave, as i was doing, for agar sterilization, or for any other use. a 500ml MEA flask overheated and exploded in my kitchen today. luckyly no one was harmed, and the flask fortunately was plastic. however, i recommend caution to all if using the microwave in your experiments
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Re: MICROWAVE TEK ALERT [Re: comario2]
#990638 - 10/24/02 07:05 PM (21 years, 3 months ago) |
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plastic exploding? was there a stopper in the flask?
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comario2
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Re: MICROWAVE TEK ALERT [Re: daussaulit]
#990700 - 10/24/02 07:28 PM (21 years, 3 months ago) |
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worse, the cap was screwed on
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Re: MICROWAVE TEK ALERT [Re: comario2]
#990768 - 10/24/02 07:46 PM (21 years, 3 months ago) |
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Don't forget the importance of not putting metal instruments in the microwave  My girlfriend has the ability to forget things are made of metal... and is then in for a surprise. Some people don't learn
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Re: MICROWAVE TEK ALERT [Re: comario2]
#990789 - 10/24/02 07:52 PM (21 years, 3 months ago) |
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Well that's problem, don't leave it capped and your fine. Lol, one time I sterilized some beer in a tupperware container, and I capped it after it was boiling, and stuck it in the fridge, and it collapsed on itself because it created a vacuum inside.
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Post deleted by Moe Howard [Re: comario2]
#990860 - 10/24/02 08:14 PM (21 years, 3 months ago) |
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Re: MICROWAVE TEK ALERT [Re: Macey Howard]
#990905 - 10/24/02 08:28 PM (21 years, 3 months ago) |
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hahahaha... Moe you are a funny ass dude. You always got a great story of some sort.
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Re: MICROWAVE TEK ALERT [Re: SmashedMe]
#990914 - 10/24/02 08:31 PM (21 years, 3 months ago) |
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colon lining.. argh.. putrid.. but i guess when you done everything then you know everything... when i nuke things i fear for my life... cause microwaves are not stopped by wooden walls like most of our houses are made with...
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Re: MICROWAVE TEK ALERT [Re: comario2]
#991003 - 10/24/02 09:04 PM (21 years, 3 months ago) |
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which is why your supposed to stuff a polyfill wad halfway in for a cap. that is, of course if you have a flask.
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Re: MICROWAVE TEK ALERT [Re: Shaw]
#991881 - 10/25/02 02:39 AM (21 years, 3 months ago) |
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if you have a jar of honey water with the cap loosely on it can bubble up and leave a sticky ring around the cap which seals it too. it normally will just blow of when pressure builds up. the other problem is when you microwave and let it cool and then microwave again without moving it the liquid can superheat. when you go to take the jar out it can vapourize in a split scond leaving your hands covered in a boiling sticky mess. this has happened to me several times, the superheating not the burnt hands!
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comario2
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well, i always try to find an upside, even in the most tragic situations, as my failed microwave experiment. so, observing that the explosion left a layer of MEA on the bottom of the microwave (not only there, unfortunately there was MEA all over the floor, the walls and ceiling of my kitchen ), i simply proceeded to inoculate the entire microwave. i now have pan cyan and orissa mycelium growing directly in the microwave as i said, there is always an upside :gri
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