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Challenge accepted. Everything melts under the right conditions.

• paulmd 10y ago
  Counterpoint: you can intermix an insulatory and a crystalline material to form a resistant composite. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pykrete https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pykrete Pykrete-reinforced igloo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pykrete#/media/File:Ice_Dome_-_foto_Bart_van_Overbeeke_28484.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pykrete#/media/File:Ice_Dome_-...
• TJSomething 10y ago
  Wood doesn't melt; it just burns. Not that these don't melt; they're mostly fiberglass and polyurethane.
  • leni536 10y ago
    Well it certainly can't burn if there is no oxigen around. edit: It seems it doesn't melt even then. https://m.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1rwxne/could_i_melt_wood/ https://m.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1rwxne/could_i_me...
  • sevenless 10y ago
    You can dissolve wood, if you have the right solvent. That sounds like as close as we'll get to melting the stuff. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17907779 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17907779
• vacri 10y ago
  Lots of things sublime into gas rather than melt.
  • pasbesoin 10y ago
    Yeah, but then I remembered pressure. ;-)