Whats the self-combustion point of a human head?
The first problem with this question is that the term “self-combustion point” is not a well-defined term. Do you mean to ask about the temperature you need to get a head to before it ignites in air? That we can answer. I don’t think a head has enough oxidizing agents within it to combust in the absence of air, so self-combustion is not a possibility. Only combustion in the presence of an oxidizer, like air, is. That said, you’d need to dessicate the head first. There is far too much water present in a head for it to burn on it’s own in air. The process of evaporation the water will take too much energy away from the combustion process, and the fire will die out. But, now, let’s say you’ve got a dried head, you also have the geometry of the materials to think about. The dry brain is mostly made of fatty-materials, so it will probably burn well, but not if it is encased in an air-tight skull. So, to really do this, you’d need to powder the dried head. Now, with a relatively homogeneous s
