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No. The metal will reflect the microwave energy. The problem with metal of any sort (whether aluminum foil or silverware) is that it can produce an arc inside the cavity of the oven. This can start a fire, and it presents an enormous hazard. Can you use aluminum foil in a microwave oven? Read on. Though it is possibe to use aluminum foil inside a microwave oven, it should only be used if the manufacturer's instructions tell the user how to do it (and the user follows the directions). The microwave oven isn't a good choice to heat the foil itself. Aluminum foil (or any metal foil) will reflect the microwaves and not get hot. If the foil is crumpled or if the foil is near the metal wall of the cavity, that foil can act as an antenna, and the voltages can be extremely high causing arcing. That's bad. It could start a fire. Using a microwave just to heat foil is a poor choice.

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12y ago

No way! Unless you want to make your kithen explode. Foil is a metal, and metal in mircowave means explosions. Even like a metal decore on a plate would cause sparks, leant that one from experiance :P

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14y ago

NEVER microwave foil - it is metal, and metal will fry your microwave and maybe burn down your house.

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