In a message dated 10/30/2003 5:49:43 PM Central Standard Time,
pminmo@... writes:
No, noway am I using my microwave.
Phil: If you use a good Pyrex container, you CAN microwave it, but you gotta
"know" how that works: The stuff is VERY electrically-conductive. Thus, the
first few mm of it act as an EMI shield to the rest, so the ONLY part that
gets hot is the "outer surface of the liquid in the container". Thus, you gotta
either stop and stir it every 15 seconds, or have a "liquid tumbler", if you
can build such! It is much faster to microwave it like this, even WITH all
the start/stopping, than heating it over a stove-burner. Just don't try to heat
it in the microwave for a full minute, full-blast, as the surface and
container in contact therewith will get VERY hot, while the rest remains cool for a
moment. Thus, if the container is not very good, it will melt if plastic, or
bust if glass (not Pyrex type glass, anyway)!
Be carerful! This is NASTY stuff, and will turn ANYTHING it touches (except
green FR-4, etc.) yellow! Including fingers!
Jan Rowland
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