What temperature does cardboard burn at?

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asked Jan 28, 2022 in Science by levisara (2,210 points)
What temperature does cardboard burn at?

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answered Feb 2, 2022 by Shaoxing (1,610 points)
The temperature that cardboard will burn at is any temperature of 400 F or above.

However in most cases it takes temperatures of 800 F or above for cardboard to easily ignite.

Flashpoint and “ignition temperature” and “combustion temperature” are, for all intents and purposes, the same thing, and thus – the flashpoint of cardboard is 800 degrees Fahrenheit.

Cardboard can be used in the microwave for a few minutes of heating food up.

You can also place cardboard in an oven for 5 to 10 minutes to heat food up but just keep an eye on it so that the cardboard does not burn.

I personally though would recommend removing the food such as pizza from the cardboard box and placing it in a more oven safe container or pizza pan.

Cardboard can suddenly ignite when exposed to extreme high heat, however that is very unlikely to happen in a residential microwave.

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