[TheForge] Subject: Combustion temperatures

[Kenneth Mayer]

>From: "Phlip" <phlip@99main.com>
>Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 09:13:50 -0400
>
>Anyone have, or know where there is, a chart showing the temperatures of
>combustion of various sunstance? We need wood (several varieties, if
>available) charcoal, coal, paper (yeah, I know, 451 f) as well as anything
>else that might reasonably burn.


Under what conditions of combustion?  Take a look at
http://www.doctorfire.com/flametmp.html   Also do a Google search for
"adiabatic flame temperature" for lots of sites with tabular info.
Surprisingly, most materials burn in air at about the same temperature.

You refer to paper as "451F".  This is an *ignition* temperature for a
particular type of paper.  Ignition temperatures for various materials can
be found in most fire protection engineering and fire investigation books.
NFPA www.nfpa.org carries two of the engineering texts.

Ken
:-)