Thursday, November 19, 2009

Spontaneous Combustion



When u Spontaneously Combust its where u all of a sudden burst into flames.
Here are some theories to why it could start:

Theories:
To combust, a human body needs two things: intensely high heat and a flammable substance. Under normal circumstances, our bodies contain neither, but some scientists over the last several centuries have speculated on a few possible explanations for the occurrence.


1. Drinking to much alcohol or having to much in the body, like in the book Bleak House
The character Krook, was an alcoholic, following the belief at the time that spontaneous human combustion was caused by excessive amounts of alcohol in the body.

2.fire is sparked when methane (a flammable gas produced when plants decompose) builds up in the intestines and is ignited by enzymes (proteins in the body).

Surprisingly no one has combusted by a burning candle, cigar, cigarette, or pipe.

How it works

Stage 1: While unconscious, the victims clothing is ignited by an external heat force.

Stage 2: Over the course of a few hours, the heat from the flames melts the body fat and soaks into the clothing this acts like the wax in a candle to keep the clothing burning steadily for a long time.

Stage 3: The fuel provided by fat subjects the body to the intense heat for a long period of time. Eventually most of the body that is covered by large amounts of fat and burning clothing is destroyed and reduced by ash.

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