intense heat
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Earlier approaches for converting polyethylene into gasoline have typically relied on pyrolysis, a process that uses intense heat to break large polymer molecules into smaller hydrocarbons.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
Officials are sounding alarms about the potential health impacts related to this week’s oppressive humidity and intense heat, that’s only expected to rise, across Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Systems producing high-yield fusion expose weapons parts to intense heat, radiation and pressure nearly synonymous with a nuclear blast—hotter than the sun at more than 100 million degrees Celsius—without any explosions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Multiple waves of intense heat, fuelled by climate change, have sparked devastating droughts and wildfires in several European countries this year, cut crop yields and contributed to more than 25,000 excess deaths.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Not even the homes of the dead were safe as wooden grave markers burst into flames and some marble vaults cracked under the intense heat.
From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy
