2 Comments for What happens if you put an RFID chip in a microwave?
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aclrfp | February 15th, 2011 at 9:07 am
Why?
A microwave oven is called an oven for a reason.
It’s not called a microwave experiment device.
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Biofreak | February 15th, 2011 at 9:36 am
If you put it in long enough, it will destroy the chip. What ‘long enough’ means depends on the microwave and the chip, but a few seconds will likely be ‘long enough’. Any metal in a microwave will experience huge voltages and currents that will lead to arching and, eventually, melting of the metal if the metal is resistive enough (that means thin enough) that it creates more heat than it can dissipate.
Putting metal in a microwave can damage it. But for the chips I am imagining, they are so small that I doubt the microwave would be damaged. You are certainly taking some risk by doing it. I would guess that the risk increases if you leave it in there for a longer time, but it really depends on the specifics of the chip, the microwave, and where you put it in the microwave.
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2 Comments for What happens if you put an RFID chip in a microwave?
1. aclrfp | February 15th, 2011 at 9:07 am
Why?
A microwave oven is called an oven for a reason.
It’s not called a microwave experiment device.
2. Biofreak | February 15th, 2011 at 9:36 am
If you put it in long enough, it will destroy the chip. What ‘long enough’ means depends on the microwave and the chip, but a few seconds will likely be ‘long enough’. Any metal in a microwave will experience huge voltages and currents that will lead to arching and, eventually, melting of the metal if the metal is resistive enough (that means thin enough) that it creates more heat than it can dissipate.
Putting metal in a microwave can damage it. But for the chips I am imagining, they are so small that I doubt the microwave would be damaged. You are certainly taking some risk by doing it. I would guess that the risk increases if you leave it in there for a longer time, but it really depends on the specifics of the chip, the microwave, and where you put it in the microwave.
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