[NewCandle] Microwave'd ham

[Nick Reiter]

Hoowwwdeee...

Some fun and games here, I see! And ham?  Glorious
ham!  Gots electrolytes, gots a microwave.  Did this
get started on Wortex?

So undissolved salt produces some strong buzzing,
crackling, bubbling?

Could it be that when you have a lump or grain or pile
of grains of in-the-process-of-dissolving salt, you
are creating a novel spherical or semispherical zone
of higher conductivity that is also graded?  Wouldn't
a grain of salt suspended in water generate a "cloud"
of ions around it that would disperse over time, but
be very concentrated close to the grain surface..

Of course none of this means anything until I go try
it out...

Good to see some hubbub again here.  I almost jumped
in on the Joe Cell thread, but it's a little too fresh
for me, having been working with series plate
electrolyzers here at my workplace in the near past. 
I'd come off like a bitter curmudgeon and Browns Gas
basher.

bubbazap

NR


--- Keith Nagel <NewCandleAdmin at ipdiscover.com> wrote:

> That's a good hypothesis Ham, made me curious enough
> to try the same experiment with SiO2 rather than
> NaCl. No buzzing at all. Is there something about
> sand that would preclude nucleation of bubbles?
> 
> I think my first hypothesis still holds, but
> I can confirm that when the water level gets
> low and there are salt crystals things really
> start buzzing. I attributed this to
> concentration/volume
> effect but nucleation could be helping.
> 
> BTW, if your voltmeter is high enough impedence,
> try measuring the voltage drop across the other
> plates. That ought to confuse the hell out of you
> if you make the measurement right (grin).
> 
> K.
> 


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