What is the best wood for a campfire? (least amount of smoke)?
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Any Hardwoods.  Oak, cherry, redwood, etc.  Stay away from pine.  It smokes and pops alot.  Make sure it was seasoned for a cleaner burn.
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i love to go camping. there's something wonderful about cooking your food over a fire pit, smelling like bug spray, and fighting off racoons. seriously, i love camping. it's great.
1150167
The pine cones on the tree only open to heat. And the heat needs to be as hot as fire.  That way the trees can survive in forest fires.
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try using the big firestarter sticks. They're monster matches, and work pretty well.
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elm wood will burn in 32 mins
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I think smoke is best.
695621
I remember this question since it was on the test once:\n\nList the following kinds of matter by how well they conduct heat (from the best to the worst): Wood; air; metal; water.\n\nMy answer was the correct one and it was: Metal; water; wood; air.
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You can install a gas or electric fireplace. Neither of these generates smoke and does not need a flue.
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Trex.....the fake wood\n\nhttp://www.trex.com/
757800
I'd just buy solid rocket fuel at hobby store. Blackpowder is just going to explode and really not burn.
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Pine cones will create some nice colours in the flames.\n\nYou can treat dry pine cones to produce various colours of flames.  Most of these ingredients can be found in the laundrey section of your grocery store or farm supply stores.\n\nBorax = yellow/green\ncopper sulfate = green/blue\ncalcium sulfate ( epson salts ) = white\nCalcium cloride ( pure only , a bleaching compound ) = blue\n3 parts potassium sulfate/ 1 part potassium nitrate = violet\npotasium  cloride = purple\n\nChoose one colour...do not mix colours\nDisolve as much of the colour as possible in a bucket as you can.  ( typically 1/2 pound of colourant to a gallon of water.)\nMix well\nToss in clean dry pinecones and soak overnight.\nRemove and spread on newspaper for at least 72 hours to dry.\n\nToss in your fire and enjoy the colours.\n\nYou can also achieve the same results by dipping pinecones in parrafin wax and sprinkling with the powdered colourants while the wax is still wet.
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any fuel that carries some oxgen with burn clean, such as most Alcohol.\n\nBut depents on what you are burning it with, and what your detection limits are, very diffcult to burn something else withe Alcohol and not leave any residue.\n\nOnly buring the Alcohol all  by itself that you may not leave any residue.
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as anyone who was in the Boy Scouts can tell you, there are many ways to produce fire without a flame. The ol rubbing two stciks together works but it does take a while. The very basics you need to make fire is a heat source ( friction ), tinder (dry grass or leaves ), or a spark from flint on steel.
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we take sawdust and used egg cartons...cardboard kind and newspaper shread very small press in to old ice cube trays and mix in old candle wax as your accelerent..works for camping even if they get wet
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They are cheap enough to buy. And they are safer, especially if you plan to take in on a river or ocean.\n\nIf you are on a deserted island, well, that's a different story!!!!\n\nNot sure what would be the best wood to use.  Most would get water logged and lose its bouyancy
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Well, a blue flame is the most efficient burn and the hottest no matter what your combustible matter is.  At what temp that is, I don't know.
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Charcoal (activated charcoal) is a good bet.  It satisfies your requirements. If you heat it up, it will bake out some of the chemicals and moisture it absorbed.  It won't be as efficient in repeated uses, but this procedure can allow it to be reused.  Just bake it out under a fume hood, or -- even better -- in an evacuated oven.