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Re: Hot Paper?
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Mon, 27 Nov 2000 15:10:31 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?

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.



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  Re: Hot Paper?
 
(...) Being in a vacuum, how would you heat the surroundng nothingness to 500 degrees? Aren't vacuums, by definition, a few degrees above absolute zero? --Electro-- (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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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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