Is a lighter effective because it’s on fire? Or just because it’s hot?

If you made a lighter that was just as hot as another lighter, would it work just as well even if it had no fire?

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    310 months ago

    Fire is just the result of a self sustaining exothermic reaction - there’s no inherent “fireness” that makes heat from a fire different from all other heat sources.