Source is YouTube and Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology SB RAS (PDF). If you have 2 kilowatts, a coil of copper pipe, and a lot of guts, you too could melt aluminum with induction heating while it’s levitating.
Source is YouTube and Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology SB RAS (PDF). If you have 2 kilowatts, a coil of copper pipe, and a lot of guts, you too could melt aluminum with induction heating while it’s levitating.
It’s a handy principle. That’s how rice cookers work. Once the water has been soaked into the rice and the rest has evaporated, the metal insert will increase in temperature until the magnet no longer holds it down.
Ha! I always wondered how that worked! Lemmy comment section for the win!