23 Jan
2013
23 Jan
'13
11:34 p.m.
On 01/24/2013 04:12 AM, Anthony Hogan wrote:
Do bushfires get hot enough to ignite aluminium? A quick google suggests that aluminium ignites at about 2000C which combined with being a great reflector of light and even better for infra-red means that it's probably going to resist anything a bushfire can do from a distance. So aluminium shutters should do.
Ignites, maybe not.. melts tho @ 660.32°C hi
that is for pure Al, which is unusual, as a alloy 577°C or lower, would be more likely as adding other elements makes it easier for the casting & machining. Steve