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Curtis asks:

I have a quick question. What is the flashpoint of corrugated board? Are there industry articles on this?

Ray Bradbury forever ingrained this piece of data in the minds of millions in his novel Fahrenheit 451.

Under normal conditions it should be 451 degrees Fahrenheit. However… If the board has been treated with some type of fire-retardant coating, or a coating that has an ignition point lower than 451 degrees, then the flash, or ignition, point of the product could possibly be affected.

You may also want to read the discussions on this blog about combustible dust as well. Paper in dust form highly combustible and brings a new set of potentially explosive variables into play.

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