[TheForge] Smelting metal in your microwave oven

[James Binnion]

There have been several DIY versions of this, including the melting of silver and bronze by a guy named David Reid (http://home.c2i.net/metaphor/mvpage.html). You need a crucible that is a good microwave absorber including ferrite or other magnetic ceramic materials. There are a couple of commercial systems that are used to reprocess (melt) scrap uranium using commercial high power microwave ovens 

http://www.industrialheating.com/Articles/Feature_Article/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000991975

http://www.industrialheating.com/Articles/Feature_Article/3948b31fb6cb7010VgnVCM100000f932a8c0____


Jim

James Binnion
jbin at well.com