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Steel burns? I guess I learned something new today.
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So there's no difference between burning and melting?
Sure there is. Steel will do either (or both) depending on the conditions.
Exactly, the perfect example is to consider what is actually happening
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That, imho, is a perfect example of melting, not "burning"

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasc...6/gen06008.htm

Actually no, consider what the extra oxygen supplied when you squeeze
the lever is supporting.