How hot does your skin have to be to get burnt?

im doing a case and i need to know if this guy really got burnt from sitting on a plastic chair that was outside so if you know what temperature your skin needs to be to get a burn or if you know how hot a plastic lawn chair can get it would be helpful thanks
How hot does your skin have to be to get burnt?
It tells you everything about the burn like what temp. will your skin start burning





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burn_%28inj...
How hot does your skin have to be to get burnt?
I have absoleutly no idea what so ever.





But does it matter how hot it is?





Isn't it about how intensive the suns rays are hitting you? :O
Reply:What kind of burn did this person sustain? 1st Degree - like a red sunburn, 2nd - if it blisters, or 3rd, beyond a blister, skin is destroyed. This may help your answer. Put it this way, water boils at 212 degrees F, and I believe that would cause a blistering burn (but i'm not positive). No way can plastic get to be anywhere near that hot from sitting outside!
Reply:I seriously doubt it. Most plastics are designed to handle heat and not conduct it. I think the plastic would have to have been in a fire and melting before anyone got burned from it. For example I poured boiling water into a plastic container and held it. It was hot but I did not get burned. Now I did not hold it for 10 minutes either so if the plastic chair was as hot as 212 degrees F or 100 C and he sat in it for a while yes he would get burned but again the chairs are much thicker than the water bottle I poured the water into (BTW the bottle shrunk that was the extent of the damage) The chairs are much thicker and would take a very long time to get to that temperature so no the guy did not get burned from a plastic chair. Do the experiment yourself. Stick a chair outside and see how hot it gets and if you can sit in it.

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