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ignition temperature

 
Sci-Tech Dictionary: ignition temperature
(ig′nish·ən ′tem·prə·chər)

(chemistry) The lowest temperature at which combustion begins and continues in a substance when it is heated in air. Also known as autogenous ignition temperature; ignition point.
(plasma physics) The lowest temperature at which the fusion energy generated in a plasma exceeds the energy lost through bremsstrahlung radiation.


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Of a material, the minimum temperature required to initiate combustion.


 
 

 

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