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Why doesn't protein burn considering it's made up of oxygen and carbon?

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Asked By: StaphAdminer 31-35, M  4 months ago

I remember reading a detailed post from a person who described a TV show that highlighted a case where a man's digestive proteins drew out too much heat. His body hadburnt to nothing but minerals within less than 15 seconds. The poster said that the woman had left the room, and the fire alarm went off. She came back in 15 seconds but he was already incinerated to a 2d shilluette. This meant his bodytemp reached approx. one hundred thousand degrees C.

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    Ketsan - 26-30 years old - male

    Posted by Ketsan Dec 27th, 2012 at 8:30PM

    Because it's already chemically bound.

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  1. AnonymousButCandid - 56-60 years old - male

    Posted by AnonymousButCandid Dec 27th, 2012 at 8:40PM

    Ooooookay. 100,000.00 degrees = 180,032.00 degrees Fahrenheit --- body temperature?????

    Iron melts at about 2795 degrees Fahrenheit and boils at 5182 degrees Fahrenheit.
    Tungsten melts at 6192 degrees Fahrenheit and boils at just over 10030 degrees F.

    As Wm. Shakespeare is quoted as saying: "Me thinkst thou opinion doest sucketh!"


    Cheers,

    AnonymousButCandid

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  2. DozerDan - 66-70 years old - male

    Posted by DozerDan Dec 27th, 2012 at 8:31PM

    Oxygen and carbon combined chemically are already "burned" together.

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