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Physiology & Medicine / Re: Why doesn't the human body burn up?
« on: 14/12/2010 22:31:46 »
There are reports of Spontaneous Human Combustion, although there is debate about the truth of it.
The body is mostly water, and can not survive if it was raised to the ignition temperature of the tissues (still the water doesn't burn, except with certain chemical reactions, mostly with metals).
The body is mostly water, and can not survive if it was raised to the ignition temperature of the tissues (still the water doesn't burn, except with certain chemical reactions, mostly with metals).