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Aluminum melts around 1200F. That’s a really hot fire! Was it a windy day? (Lead, on the other hand, melts at half that.)
by relaxing 5y ago
Aluminum melts around 1200F. That’s a really hot fire! Was it a windy day?
(Lead, on the other hand, melts at half that.)
- tastyfreeze 5y agoOnce the core of the fire is mostly charcoal temperatures can climb up to 1100C. It doesn't have to be windy or even a large fire. Just need to be burning charcoal and not evaporating water or burning off volatiles. The fires I have found aluminum globs in were long burning beach campfires and a bonfire to burn brush(big fire). The beach campfires were moderately sized but they certainly weren't bonfires built with 6-8 foot logs.