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Castle defenders pouring hot sand through a murder-hole to injure the attackers below (infosec.pub)

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[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Probably also the fact it flows a lot slower as molten glass.

[–] OfCourseNot@fedia.io 9 points 4 months ago

There's plenty of room from boiling water temperature to the ~2000°C (3632°F) needed to melt sand. At 600°C it'd be still solid but also could set the things it touches on fire.