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Nanako
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A curious question that's come to my mind, as I'm doing a little research for game development, aiming for realism here.
Assume you have a human corpse, not doused in any special kind of fuel, but wearing cotton/polyester clothing. And you set it alight, to slowly burn over time. I've heard of cases of this happening to humans, and a body can burn away to nothing if there's some fat there to fuel the flames.
But anyways, my question is, how hot would that fire be? And by extension, what temperature would it raise the surroundings to over the time that it burns?
Exact values would be nice, but not necessary, some ballpark figures will do, maybe an analysis of how a human corpse burns
Assume you have a human corpse, not doused in any special kind of fuel, but wearing cotton/polyester clothing. And you set it alight, to slowly burn over time. I've heard of cases of this happening to humans, and a body can burn away to nothing if there's some fat there to fuel the flames.
But anyways, my question is, how hot would that fire be? And by extension, what temperature would it raise the surroundings to over the time that it burns?
Exact values would be nice, but not necessary, some ballpark figures will do, maybe an analysis of how a human corpse burns