Ahhh, Google!
Excellent question! The answer is no. Even if there was no oxygen
present you could not melt wood. It would not burn but it would reach
a temperature at which the molecules started to break up into smaller
molecules -- eventually small enough molecules that they would evaporate
but they would not be wood any more. Some of the material would be
left as carbon.
However, a conflicting report:
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.........It consists in rubbing the pieces of wood against each other and then applying pressure. To achieve this, a friction welding machine, which is usually employed to weld thermoplastic materials (notably in the automobile industry) is used. At the very high temperatures obtained by friction (more than 180°C), the lignin and hemicellulose which make up the cell walls of wood fibres, change their state and behaviour. The fibres "melt", intertwine and bond to each other under the effects of pressure, forming a joint at the contact surface between parts.......
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http://www.international.inra.fr/pre..._and_be_welded
Why did I even take the time to do this.
Ah yes, Neal please sound condition yellow.
