Can+you+melt+wood?

__**CAN YOU MELT WOOD?**__

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__Response 1:__ No, you cannot melt wood. Wood is what fuels a fire to burn and combust. Not all materials will melt at whatever temperature you set it at. A solid can only be melted if it is made of with hydrogen and oxygen. For example, ice and water. You can play around with water's dynamic nature, you can freeze it, then you can melt it and vice versa. Wood and other quick materials will burn by the time the will have a sliver of a chance to melt into a liquid.

//Sterling Wong 8.4//

Response 2: It is impossible for a substance like wood to turn into a liquid as wood gasifies when heated. The gas that is released by the wood is highly flammable. The wood itself is not what burns; it is the gas that ignites when burned. If you heat the wood without the presence of oxygen or any other reducing element allowing it to burn or ignite the result will be charcoal. Doing this will produce a long, hot, slow burn without it combusting. Wood is made up of 3 elements carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. To create fire you add heat, oxygen and fuel. Since wood contains oxygen it provides the fuel. It will combust before any of those elements melt. Carbon being a main component of wood is much higher than woods combustion temperature. Wood will burn long before it will melt.

Donovan Sladek 8.3 Bibliography: [] http://[|w ww.wonderquest.com/wood-cant-melt.htm]

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