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BodyShop News article – Spontaneous Combustion

You may or may not know that the rags or cloths you use to wipe down your hands, apply Prepsol or clean up spills can actually spontaneously combust. What it spontaneous combustion you ask? The Oxford dictionary defines spontaneous combustion as “The ignition of organic matter without apparent cause, typically through heat generated internally by rapid oxidation”.Basically, given the right conditions, when a flammable or combustible […]