# Can aluminum (tin) foil catch on Fire?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-aluminum-tin-foil-catch-on-fire/302824>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 7, 2005, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-aluminum-tin-foil-catch-on-fire/302824 "2005-05-07T16:26:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-aluminum-tin-foil-catch-on-fire/302824/21 "2017-02-24T19:21:17Z")

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Every year when I go camping, I find a wad of aluminum foil in our fire pit left by the previous occupant. So a \*lot \*of people are lazy slobs and seem to think that aluminum foil will burn.

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