I think not. And that is a scientific proven fact!
2007-06-29 13:10:12 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Where do these people come from?
Did you lose your tinfoil hat? How do you think steel is formed honey?
By the way, why don't you tell that to the family of the nine firefighters who lost thier lives last week in Charleston, South Carolina when the steel supported roof structure gave way from the heat of the fire and collasped on them?
http://www.charleston.net/photos/galleries/sets/sofa_super_store_fire/
http://www.charleston.net/photos/galleries/2007/jun/18/sofa_super_store_fire/460/
How about all the people who watched the steel support beams melt and give way on the Bay Area Freeway in San Franciso when the tanker truck caught fire underneath them?
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=3098426&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
http://thatotherpaper.com/blog/kristin_hillery/bay_area_freeway_melts_after_tanker_crash
Why don't you go share your ignorance somewhere else Sally C.? No one's buying your Rosie O'Donnell, structural engineer crap here.
2007-06-29 16:46:18 · answer #1 · answered by todvango 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Well, this isn't right. Fire can certainly melt steel, you just need a fire hot enough, say 2,000 degrees celcius. Steel is routinely melted by fire (indirectly) in order to melt down old steel and make new steel shapes to use in new construction.
Now, you might be asking if an ordinary fire is hot enough to melt it - the answer is usually no, unless exceptional temperatures are reached, over 1,500 (now this is Fahrenheit) the steel will basically be spaghetti, "plastic" and it will change shape and refuse to support loads, acting more like taffy than steel. Once it cools back down, in will again be the familiar solid object we are all used to.
2007-06-29 17:18:06 · answer #2 · answered by dieyouevilfrustratingprogram 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
LOL for someone who is stating a "fact", you couldn't be more wrong. Steel begins as a "melted down liquid" due to the heat of fire. You can see your proven fact debunked by remembering the WTC on 9/11. The building was built to withstand any earthquake or wind, but they didn't consider the intense heat of a fire, which melted the steel and the buildings collapsed.
2007-06-29 13:29:52 · answer #3 · answered by Great Grandma 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
So you have never left a "fire poker" in a fire before? It gets red hot to the point that that steel is worthless.
Add some forced air and you can melt it :)
2007-06-29 14:34:27 · answer #4 · answered by Yoho 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You think incorrectly. Stop off at the nearest welding shop and watch a welder melt solid steel with an oxyacetylene torch or an electric arc. It's done every day, even in small towns with no movie theater or Wal-Mart.
Mild 4130 steel melts at around 2,400 degrees F., so you can't do it in your fireplace, but it's easy to see it done.
2007-06-29 13:54:25 · answer #5 · answered by aviophage 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Steel melts at about 2200-2400Deg. F.
The 'color temperature` is orange yellow.
Have you never seen a fire glow in that range?
Steel is hard to melt because it transfers heat away from the heated area rapidly, and it is hard to get it to the melting point, but a fire is hot enough to melt it.
You just have to concentrate and retain the heat.
2007-06-29 13:33:41 · answer #6 · answered by Irv S 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Fire/heat melting steel was identified as the cause of the collapse of the WTC buildings
2007-06-29 13:33:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
i don't know where you get your facts, but i grew up near a steel foundry. fire not only can soften the steel, but make it into a liquid which can then be cast. also from history, when Sherman made his march in Georgia, they removed the steel rails from the railroad, softened them over a fire and twisted them into pretzels. does not take hi-tech to soften steel to where it has little strength. i am familiar with a number of industrial steel buildings whose main girders bent from the result of an ordinary fire inside the building, no special fuel was involved.
2007-06-30 10:40:46 · answer #8 · answered by lare 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how do you think metal is made? lol it is because fire can turn iron into a liquid state, when more than one type of metal ore is combined it is called alloy, so yes the answer is yes fire does indeed melt solid steel
2007-06-29 14:20:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you think not because it is a SCIENTIFIC FACT, then why are you asking us?
I think that with the right conditions it can, World Trade Center as an actual fact. I guest that has your scientific fact shot to pieces.
2007-06-29 13:25:45 · answer #10 · answered by Pepsi 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋