"Tim Williams" wrote in message
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"Harold & Susan Vordos" wrote in message
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Even non-conductive items can be heated by using
extremely high frequencies.

But then, that's capacitive heating. Like when you microwave your food!
Others are still induction, only using a graphite or metallic (molybdenum
or
tungsten?) crucible.


Has this inspired madman made a show in this ng yet?

http://home.c2i.net/metaphor/mvpage.html

(Melting metals in a domestic microwave oven)

Jeff