Think of a rock that can block electricity from flowing to the places it shouldn’t. Well that is precisely what does mica! When people build electronic devices such as computers and phones, mica preserves all the smaller components. It acts like a superhero shield, keeping wires from touching one another and causing interference.
I mean imagine circuit board? It is essentially a small road map for electricity within electronic devices. Mica supervises the wires and sorts out everything. Without mica, these devices could overheat or fail altogether.
Microwave ovens seem to heat food in an instant; how do they do that? Which has a lot of mica in it! Mica insulates the most important inner workings of a microwave against becoming excessively hot. It acts like a super special heat shield so everything runs just fine.
Mica not only protects the inside of your microwave, it assists in heating and cooking your food better and faster. It can absorb microwave energy and convert it into heat — which is how your pizza or popcorn heats up in a matter of minutes!
Other places are scorching hot — such as the plants that produce steel and glass. These can become so hot, that most rocks would melt! But not mica. This unique type of rock can withstand high heat without cracking or fracturing.
Mica is also used in fireplaces. It protects the walls from the direct heat of the fire. Mica (like Mica in the Raggedy Ann song, but a stone) is so strong I think of it as a rock that can sit next to a fire and not catch on fire.
To an untrained eye, Mica seems like a harmless rock, but is a hero of the tech world. But this special rock helps us make a lot of things in our world work better and safer — from keeping our computers cool to cooking our food faster.
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