On Jan 15, 2005, at 6:28 PM, Sergio Masci wrote:

>> Takes a lot of energy to start a magnesium fire
>
> Not really.

Yeah.  It takes a lot of energy to ignite a solid lump of Mg,
but a pile of scrap, perhaps including shavings, turnings, saw
chips, and dust, would be a lot easier.

BillW
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