this lol but light it on fire for science :) it wont expolde
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Just wash the spoon with some water and soap. Or dip it in some bleach for few minutes.
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I'm growing mushrooms and I need to make sure everything is extremely clean because it's really hard to grow apparently. I don't have a lighter or a match which is extremely unfortunate.
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alcohol will make the spoon sterile or better idea is put spoon on burner or in oven and cook until its red hot then use :P
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Depending on what type of mushrooms (hint: Mario 1-Up mushrooms NEVER sprout, no matter how sterile your equipment is), I'm pretty sure that you don't need to make your house explode. Granted, I know nothing about the not-so-legal kind, but you can get grow logs for Shitakii and other mushrooms on Amazon with fairly decent ratings. I don't think the USPS is that sterile of an environment.
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You may call these mushrooms magical harder to grow shitake mushrooms that taste really bad xD
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No you can't, heating it won't work and you can't have a spark from an induction stove.
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Workaround: Light a piece of toilet paper on induction stove then use it to light spoon.
Fair word of warning: Don't be a complete moron by burning your place down.
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You are right. I am wrong.
EDIT: Just thought of a workable method. Boil water in pot on oven, drop spoon in boiling water for 3 minutes. Sterile spoon.
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place spoon on burner and cook at red hot for 45 mins. its the only way to be sure
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Ok, first off, you're talking about the "autoignition temperature", that is, the point at which, when heated, it spontaneously erupts into flame. With isopropyl alcohol, the likelihood of you achieving this is slim to none because it will evaporate extremely fast at low temps so a spoonfull will not be enough.
But as for if you can... well, if you had enough of the liquid to prevent evaporation, then you would need to heat it to 399C or 750.2 F in order to autoignite. Your average coil stovetop would only muster about a good 500 F max. Some may be higher, but I don't think your general ones do.
So... no, you won't be igniting that.
Also, keep in mind that isopropyl alcohol burns CLEAR! You will NOT see a flame unless you put something like paper over it or a wick inside.
Isn't science fun?
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hmm, then again "induction"... looked around and it seems that it's about 300-400 F max temp... maybe 500 F if you're lucky so no help there. also, with a metal spoon, you'd risk burning your hand pretty quick, so I'd recommend using something like an oven glove if you're really wanting to do this...
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The answer is no, but stop trying to use your induction stovetop to distill vodka. You're not fooling the Admiral.
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I'm planning on taking a spoon and putting isopropyl alcohol on it and I want to set it on fire and have the alcohol burn off to sterilize the spoon. Can I touch a spoon that has alcohol on it on an induction stovetop to set the spoon on fire until the alcohol burns off? I figured I'd ask here because I need a quick answer and Yahoo Answers isn't that quick as it's been 2 hours and I haven't received an answer yet. Thanks
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