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Hot Paper?
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Date: 
Mon, 27 Nov 2000 15:01:35 GMT
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Thanks to Ray Bradbury, we all know the combustion point of (at least some
kinds of) paper.  What would happen if you had a sheet of paper in a vacuum
and heated it to 500 degrees F?

     Dave!



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  Re: Hot Paper?
 
(...) Just venturing a guess, I would say it depends on how long it was in the vacuum before you heated it. If you heated it quickly, it might char a bit (using oxygen trapped within the paper interstices) but I would expect that in most cases it (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
  Re: Hot Paper?
 
(...) Well being in a vacuum I know it won't burn. My guess is that nothing will happen but I could be wrong. Eric K. (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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