Can Fire Burn Or Melt Everything? - Science ABC

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Fire is a chemical reaction that involves the combination of fuel and oxygen. The temperature of a fire can reach up to 1,100 degrees Fahrenheit. Fire can’t melt everything, but it can melt steel which has a melting point of 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit.

There are few things as entrancing as a campfire, or any fire for that matter. They are beautiful and deadly, unpredictable and mysterious. We fear them, create them, douse them and protect against them because there are few forces in the world as destructive. Thousands of acres of forest can burn in a matter of hours or days if the winds are right and the fuel is dry enough.

before and after wild life
(Photo Credit : National Park Service)

Given how pervasive and universal fire is, it does bring up a common question—is there anything that fire can’t burn or melt?

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