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Does wood undergo pyrolysis?
Yes, by dry heating without acces to air. One of the products -besides of charcoal- is ' spirit of wood' which is methanol, CH3OH. (toxic, blindness)
What is flammable once it is dry?
Nitrocellulose is always kept dampened because it is extremely flammable when dry.
Why does wood burn quickly when put on a fire that is already blazing?
Because heat is a big factor in starting and keeping a fire. You have air, and fuel, and the heat is already factored in. The wood that is already there burning helps too because the fact that it is burning means that most of the wood is dry, and dry wood burns much faster than wet or damp wood. Plus, the dry burning wood dries out any new wood that is placed on top of it, making all of the wood dry, which is the same as stacking tinder, as it is already ready to be set ablaze.
What is the main cause wood to dry rot?
The main cause of wood dry rotting is a brown rot fungi called Serpula lacrymans. These spores get onto wood and slowly eat away at the wood, causing it to slowly rot out.
How do you petrify wood?
Petrified wood is usually silicified. Specimens could be washed with a mild detergent, small brush and plenty of water and left to dry naturally. Most petrified wood would be naturally resistant to weathering.
Is Elmer's glue flammable?
No, Elmer's is not flammable. Well, less so when it's wet. Once dry, it's about as flammable as wood.
Can you burn banana peels in a wood stove as fuel?
Yes: when dry ,they have a very flammable oil
Is dried paint on clothes flammable?
No. If it is a latex paint, it is not flammable when its wet or dry. If its an oil paint, it is not flammable when it is dry.
What is the most flammable wood?
There might be many candidates for the title of most flammable wood. That makes this question difficult (if not impossible) to answer. But let's investigate and see what we can learn. Certainly the higher the water content of a piece of wood, the less flammable that wood is. But there are situations with many woods where an investigator can find a piece with a lot of resin in it. Another term for resin is tree sap. That piece of wood with sap in it can really take off and burn, as that's because the resin is flammable. Resin is actually a hydrocarbon secretion of trees, and it is composed primarily of volatile terpenes. The most volatile wood is a dry one with a good deal of sap in it, and arguablly the most "sappy" tree is a fir tree of some sort. There are some other variables that might be considered. We're probably talking about untreated wood, so let's leave out wood treatments. The density of wood will have an effect on its flammability, and if you think about it, you can see why. You can set a dry block of balsa wood afire with a match, buy you'd never be able to get a wet block of oak to start burning. Not even with a box of matches.
Does wood undergo pyrolysis?
Yes, by dry heating without acces to air. One of the products -besides of charcoal- is ' spirit of wood' which is methanol, CH3OH. (toxic, blindness)
What is flammable once it is dry?
Nitrocellulose is always kept dampened because it is extremely flammable when dry.
Is gloss paint still flammable when dry?
No, it's not flammable.
Which wood burns the best wood from a store or sticks from trees?
wood from a store, because most of the time its dry and dry wood burns the best.
Can you dry damp charcoal out in the oven?
you can dry charcoal with just putting it in the sun. in the oven it will probably start on fire
Does paint dry faster on wood or metal?
Most paint dries faster on wood.
Is dry ice flammable?
Dry ice is frozen carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide can cause suffocation, and is not flammable (often used in certain fire extinguishers).
Is woodglue flammable?
Both. In the older days, "inflammable" meant something that is highly explosive or could catch fire easily. If you think about it, "inflammable" came from the word "inflame". "Inflammable" came first, though. But someone figured that the prefix "in-" would be confused for "non-flammable", and proposed that the word "flammable" should be used instead. So wood is flammable, but inflammable isn't wrong either.
