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Re: Hot Paper?
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Mon, 27 Nov 2000 15:09:33 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Dave Schuler writes:
> 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?
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> Dave!
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 would break down, but not "combust" as it would have
insufficient oxydizer.
However I ain't a paper chemist, I can't say whether it actually DOES have
oxydizer or not.
Fun question.
What do you think the answer is?
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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! (24 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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