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Xcott:Okay, so what does calcium oxide rapidly oxidize into?
At 2.500 degrees F, many chemical compounds start to break down or are already broken down by the heat. Depending on exactly what's in the glass, it can produce a flame. Seeing flame coming out of a large volume of molten glass exposed to the air isn't exactly anything unusual.