if you made a considerably large charcoal fire and let it heat up, could you melt iron if you put a little bit in the center where it‘s bright orange and you used a hair dryer to give it air? its just a question i had, because i got glass to melt easily. if you can‘t melt iron, can you melt copper or something else?
It might possible to melt a very small amount of iron in a charcoal burning type outdoor cooker but don't think you could do it with charcoal as fuel. Think that you'd need 'coke' and also air under pressure, like a blacksmith's bellows, or electric motor driven blower. It would take 2800 degree F. to melt it, and you would no doubt melt the bottom out of your cooker in the process. A better way to do it would be in a fire brick lined forge. Also, you shouldn't confuse melting it with bringing it to 'red' which can be hammered and shaped. It takes a lot more heat to actually melt it.
No, iron wouldnt melt. In the past, melting iron ore needed a massive fire so hot that it would take days to get it going.
Unless you can heat the charcoal fire to 2800 °F, It would be impossible to melt the iron. To melt iron your barbecue must be 1/3 of the temperature of the sun. I don't think you can get it that hot.
Unless you can heat the charcoal fire to 2800 °F, It would be impossible to melt the iron. To melt iron your barbecue must be 1/3 of the temperature of the sun. I don't think you can get it that hot.
It might possible to melt a very small amount of iron in a charcoal burning type outdoor cooker but don't think you could do it with charcoal as fuel. Think that you'd need 'coke' and also air under pressure, like a blacksmith's bellows, or electric motor driven blower. It would take 2800 degree F. to melt it, and you would no doubt melt the bottom out of your cooker in the process. A better way to do it would be in a fire brick lined forge. Also, you shouldn't confuse melting it with bringing it to 'red' which can be hammered and shaped. It takes a lot more heat to actually melt it.
No, iron wouldnt melt. In the past, melting iron ore needed a massive fire so hot that it would take days to get it going.
