Could you say ashes were fireproof?

Question

seeing as they can't burn?

why can't we mix some sort of syrup or glue with it, & shape it, to make fireproof paper?

though, anyone know why it doesn't burn?

seems like it should.

thanks in advance, lol ^-^

Answer 1

Ashes are a biproduct of a burnt matter, you can take ash from a volcano and make glass.

Answer 2

Lots of materials don't burn, but they do not make good paper.  Most oxidized materials don't burn, such as ash, water, glass, asbestos, and most naturally occurring stones & minerals.  

Paper is made from wood because of its relative abundance, flexibility, and fibrous structure.  Ash has neither the flexibility nor the fibers and so would do nothing if bound with "glue" and besides, the glue would burn.  You'd have better luck just making paper out of glue.  

You're not far off of a good idea, though.  Ash does have pozzolanic properties, which means it reacts and hardens with water like certain cement compounds.  People already make houses out of so-called "fly ash", the ash from coal powerplants.   It makes a useful cement, it does not burn (as you correctly observed), and it is a waste product from powerplants that would otherwise have to be disposed of.  Keep thinking of good ideas and you will eventually be the inventor.

Answer 3

ashes cant catch fire but they can burn they turn into a thick goop like structure just like bunrt sugar!

Answer 4

they don't really burn, so i guess? lol!