Is a lighter effective because it’s on fire? Or just because it’s hot?

If you made a lighter that was just as hot as another lighter, would it work just as well even if it had no fire?

  • solrize@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    There are two kinds of electric handheld lighters, the plasma arc kind and the resistance kind. The resistance kind isn’t as popular but they still exist. They are similar to car lighters, electric stove coils, etc. I don’t know whether a plasma arc would be considered fire, but the heated wire is probably not.