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which one will burn faster: toilet paper, paper, or aluminum?

which one will burn faster: toilet paper, paper, or aluminum?

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the aluminum is fine.if you felt light headed it was because the smoke melted the plastic and you were inhaling plastic fumesYuckMy friend always used to smoke out of an apple.
I think what you were smoking should concern you moreTake care of your lungs, it's the only thing you have to breathe life into your body withAnd they must last a life time.
That's pathetic, why worry about the things you use, when you obviously aren't worried about what you are using them for, if you're so worried about your health then quit smoking that crap all together?
Aluminum Foil Dangers
The rate limiting step in most burning processes is how fast you can get the oxygen to itToilet paper is a lot more porous than regular paper and hence will get the oxygen faster and burn fasterAluminum is so flammable that it is already burnt-the surface of essentially anything made of aluminum is already aluminum oxide, i.e., already burntThe reaction of Al + O2 is so exothermic, however, that finely powedered aluminum (nanometer-sized particles ideally) is actually used as an explosiveSo a solid block of aluminum is already burnt on the surface, thereby preventing oxygen from getting to the rest of the materialP.S- If you are, as I assume you are, talking about aluminum foil, that doesn't burn very wellP.P.S- Be a scientist, do the experiment!!! Preferably outside and preferably with a large cup of water next to you to put out any accidentTake a piece of toilet paper, an equivalent size piece of paper, and an equivalent size piece of aluminum foil and light them all on fire using a matchIf you do this on a concrete surface (sidewalk) or asphalt (driveway/road) they won't catch on fireIf you do decide to actually do the experiment please don't do it on a windy day, since a burning piece of toilet paper could probably be carried a long way by wind.

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