The Slow Mo Guys are back at it again, and this time they use their high-speed TMX Phantom camera to capture a CD being microwaved in super slow motion at 80,000FPS. Scientifically speaking, microwaving a compact disc vaporizes the aluminum, resulting in a light show of sorts.
Since aluminum is a good conductor of electricity, the act of vaporizing the material arcs to other aluminum in the CD, until everything is vaporized. The aluminum coating also reacts and results in plasma, which effectively burns the CD. In other words, the heated aluminum produces a small electrical storm with lightning and sparks. The high voltage from the microwave’s electric field results in the thin aluminum developing plasma arcs, thus burning the aluminum film with sparks.
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