Does it melt, char or burn?
The same question goes for porcelain and bone.
2007-11-20 15:36:39 · 6 answers · asked by Tunips 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Ivory is organic and if you heat a paperclip or other wire and poke it in a hidden location, a test for ivory vs plastic, is that ivory will smell like burning hair. If subjected to enough heat it will burn. Bone will char and with enough heat will calcine - lose its structure and turn to powder like plaster of Paris.
Porcelain is clay fired to a very high temperature (2400F) and has vitrified - encased the clay particles in glass like structures. If heated enough it will glow white hot and recover nicely if not cooled too quickly, which is why it is used for laboratory work involving heating material.
2007-11-20 16:34:28 · answer #1 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It will burn if it's at a high temperature for a very long time. Ivory is made of dentine and enamel
2016-04-30 11:28:18 · answer #2 · answered by mary n 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, bone chars and burns, and eventually turns into ashes.
2007-11-20 15:39:42 · answer #3 · answered by florentine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ivory is usually made up of Calcium material irrespective of the animal (elephant , hippopotamus) , so most probably it will not melt ,
It may burn in very high temperatures (more than 400 C) not sure
2007-11-20 16:16:39 · answer #4 · answered by sanntovaz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Char and eventually burn.
2007-11-20 15:39:06 · answer #5 · answered by Corwin Shiu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it chars i think.
2007-11-20 15:39:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋