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Re:Peat fires continue to burn at air temperature of -50C in... by recursive on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @04:00PM (#25933870)
I recall making plenty of fires while camping well below freezing, even below -10F. There really wasn't a significant difference in the behavior of the fire at any temperature. Unless you count difficulty in starting it due to numb fingers.
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Re:Peat fires continue to burn at air temperature of -50C in... by ISL on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @04:01PM (#25933881)
In absolute temperature, there isn't much difference between 273K and 260K....
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Re:Peat fires continue to burn at air temperature of -50C in... by recursive on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @04:12PM (#25934021)
True. And more significantly, both of those are a similar distance from the combustion point of the fuel.
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Re:Peat fires continue to burn at air temperature of -50C in... by revax on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @05:03PM (#25934667)
Plenty of things are nonlinear in physics though.

For example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan%E2%80%93Boltzmann_law

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Re:Peat fires continue to burn at air temperature of -50C in... by Gravityloss on Thursday January 28, 2021 @06:07AM (#25940504)
If the wood is moist, it makes a difference if it's frozen or not.
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Re:Peat fires continue to burn at air temperature of -50C in... by recursive on Thursday January 28, 2021 @01:59PM (#25947101)
We always brought firewood with us. And we definitely didn't bring wet wood.
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