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Random Facts about Heat and Cold
HEAT AND COLD
Degrees of heat above zero at which substances melt:
Wrought iron, 3,980 degrees; cast iron, 3,479; platinum,
3,080; gold, 2,590; copper, 2,548; steel, 2,500; glass,
2,377; brass, 1,900; silver, 1,250; antimony, 951; zinc,
740; lead, 594; tin, 421; arsenic, 365; sulphur, 226;
beeswax, 151; gutta percha, 145; tallow, 97; lard, 95;
pitch, 91; ice, 33.
Degrees of heat above zero at which
substances boil:
Ether, 98 degrees; alcohol, 173; water, 212; petroleum, 306;
linseed oil, 640; blood heat, 98; eggs hatch, 104.
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