Now Torrance, California, startup Transient Plasma Systems is proposing a low-temperature plasma ignition system that it claims can replace the spark plug. Here's how traditional spark plugs work ...

The chemicals that make up the match head have a relatively low ignition temperature—roughly 360 degrees F. Sliding the head across the rough surface produced a temperature at least this high.

These aerosols, produced from burning or pyrolyzing plastics, have self-ignition temperatures as low as 460°F. There are perhaps hundreds of named fire gases in smoke. Carbon monoxide leads the ...

Nanothermites are a new realm of nano-energetic materials and are used in systems that need a fast energy release rate at low ignition temperature. However, conventional ignition methods are based on ...