20kW microwave vs indium wire
Added 2024-09-03 19:09:48 +0000 UTCit's been challenging to get pretty colors out of the high power microwave plasmas, mostly due to the extreme temperatures involved. I'm going to try using bigger beakers to lower the plasma densities and see if that helps. I will say I'm astonished how well these beakers hold up to the plasmas. I know they are damaged, but it's crazy they don't explode immediately.
As for color generation, I've had some brief success with indium as well as copper + polyvinyl chloride. I was surprised the indium made a sky blue color instead of indigo in this run.
Comments
Indium smoke... don't breathe this!
Mikhi6
2024-09-05 08:31:50 +0000 UTCThe plasma is very impressive. Do I see some vapor coming off the playwood that seems to be moving a bit?
Ric Beme
2024-09-03 21:54:57 +0000 UTCIt would be interesting to see this from the start with a high ND filter.
Josh Campbell
2024-09-03 19:28:28 +0000 UTC
