Using conductive metal oxides as catalysts, researchers have developed an electrification strategy aimed at decreasing the ignition temperature of soot. Relevant results were published in Nature ...

Researchers have clarified what it is the required operating temperatures of catalytic converters in cars depend on. Vienna University of Technology has successfully clarified what it is the required ...

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. Once ...

As the internal combustion engine reaches its very mature twilight, it turns out that there may still be a surprisingly large efficiency improvement that is possible through transient plasma ignition.

Heat initiates the internal combustion process. Diesel engines utilize the temperature buildup from extremely high compression (pressure) to ignite the air/fuel mixture, with a little help from glow ...