is there a way to melt sand using a oven?

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

roderick_young · Answer

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.

lenpol7 · Answer

In simple terms NO!!!! 
To melt sand (Silicon dioxide SiO2) you need an electric arc furnace.

New Russian · Answer

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.

Roger the Mole · Answer

with a kitchen oven, no

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

L. E. Gant · Answer

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),

? · Answer

you will need a 1700°C (3090°F) oven

is there a way to melt sand using a oven?

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