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is there a way to melt sand using a oven?

Yes or no without it being a fire hazard possible yes no

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  • 2 weeks ago

    Most kinds of sand won't melt in a normal cooking oven.  Coral sand, which is mainly calcium carbonate, needs mabye 1500 - 2500 F to melt, and quartz sand (silicon dioxide) needs even higher.  It can melt in a kiln, though.

  • 2 weeks ago

    In simple terms NO!!!! 

    To melt sand (Silicon dioxide SiO2) you need an electric arc furnace. 

  • 2 weeks ago

    I try to melt rocks with my acetylene torch sometimes. Too often, they shatter (flake off, moreso; they don't explode...yet) and send meteors at me... too hot to play that game.

  • 3 weeks ago

    with a kitchen oven, no

    with an oven made for melting glass like glassblowers use, yes

  • 3 weeks ago

    Household ovens don't get to the temperature needed to melt the sand. Sand melts at about 1700 degrees Celsius, while household oven barely reach 500 degrees (self-cleaning ovens),

  • 3 weeks ago

    you will need a 1700°C (3090°F) oven

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