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[–] 2 points 20 hours ago (1 child)

My admittedly not great understanding of it was along the lines of some metals are too good at conducting heat and would basically put their own fires out in most circumstances. I do not know if that is correct

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  • [–] 2 points 19 hours ago

    Maybe, but I can tell you that copper's thermal conductivity is better than e.g. gold, and copper can absolutely burn in open air if the particle sizes are small enough. Aluminum will too, of course.

    I'm not about to try it with my meager supply of gold. The stuff is damned expensive at the moment.

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