It's physically impossible for bones to melt. Just FYI.
As for what I would burn, I watched a fantastic episode of MythBusters in which they applied thermite to large blocks of ice which resulted in a massive explosion. I'm thinking I'm going to have to try that one of these days when I have a suitable area for the demonstration.
It's impossible for bone to melt while in contact with a flame. If it was in a vaccuum, bone would melt.
I'd like to see some evidence of this if you have it. I've always been intrigued that bones do not 'melt' Melting is merely a change of state from solid to liquid, and to the best of my understanding there is no way to liquify bone.
From what I'v heard, anything will melt at a high enough temperature.
Not everything melts. Melting is basically the transition from solid to liquid. Many materials will degrade long before they reach this state, like wood for example. Burning a log in your fireplace will NEVER result in melted wood. The composition of the material will break down before any liquid state can be reached.
If I recall right, most all materials will theoretically melt if subjected to enough heat and pressure. But I'm pullings things out of my hat from yeeeaaars ago....
If I recall right, most all materials will theoretically melt if subjected to enough heat and pressure. But I'm pullings things out of my hat from yeeeaaars ago....
I think that yes, from a theoretical standpoint, you CAN melt anything. But as you say, you have to have enough pressure to keep the material from degrading to such a point where a liquid state is impossible. Again, I'm going off of rather old information I've learned through the years too so if anyone less lazy than I can find anything which confirms or contradicts this I'd love to read up on it.
But it would take a high amount of heat, like a little bit less hot than the outside of the sun. But I think it will take a lot less than that temperature to melt bones.
On the topic of melting wood... wood is made out of cellulose, which usually breaks down instead of melting... there were some scientists that figured out if you heat cellulose up with quick flashes of heat you could probably raise it to its melting point without too much degradation..
