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14.9.14 22:04
Ēriks>one of the things I worry about is accidentally getting some magnesium into the melt and starting a fire that I cannot easily put out. Magnesium of course does not require air to burn, makes its own heat and is its own fuel.
Autisma uzbrukums>>I don’t believe Magnesium can burn on its own. It doesn’t require oxygen to burn, it can burn in nitrogen forming the nitride or under water taking the oxygen from the water, but not in a vacuum. If you’re familiar with self-burning magnesium chemistry, I’d love to hear about it.
Ēriks>>>Good point, I was speaking imprecisely. Under conditions we’d normally find ourselves in on Earth, magnesium can be hard to extinguish once it starts burning.