What is the temperature of smoke?

[Cuhpcakes 15]

Not fire from a lighter, oven or stick. I mean smoke that an object edmits(gives off) when it is on fire.

 

I'm just very curious and I can't find any goid sources online!

 

I'm guessing it's less than 100 degrres ferenheit. What do you think? :/

[~Master~ Button Mash 2,307]

I think it depends on the chemicals that are burning. Different combustion reactions produce different wastes in the form of smoke, just like they produce various temperatures of fire.

 

And since smoke is just a collection of fine particulate, it's the temperature of the medium that is measured, and that is often the gases rising from the fire due to thermal convection, the temperature of this being completely dependent on the temperature of the fire.

[Cuhpcakes 15]

I think it depends on the chemicals that are burning. Different combustion reactions produce different wastes in the form of smoke, just like they produce various temperatures of fire.

 

And since smoke is just a collection of fine particulate, it's the temperature of the medium that is measured, and that is often the gases rising from the fire due to thermal convection, the temperature of this being completely dependent on the temperature of the fire.

Well how hot would the smoke be compared to the fire? I'm estimating it to be less than half?

 

The smoke would be from cannabis, how hot would you think that would be? Thank you.

[Umbral Noir 1,556]

Well, the smoke itself can be of any temperature, it depends on the heat produced by the fire. You can see this when you hold your hand over a kettle which is boiling (don't hold it too close, because it would burn you!). It all depends really.

[9x18 24]

^ Pretty much this, although smoke is not a phase like steam. It will be cooler than the fire, but the actual temperature will be that of the air which contains it.