Metal combustion, which is fundamentally a rapid exothermic redox reaction with oxygen, governs critical applications from aerospace propulsion to structural fire safety. Understanding key combustion metrics including combustion enthalpy, ignition temperature, ignition delay time, combustion rate, and threshold pressure is essential for designing fire-resistant alloys or high-energy propellants. This work establishes a comprehensive database of 725 curated data points extracted from 45 publications, mainly encompassing pure metals, Al-based, Ti-based, Mg-based, Fe-based alloys and multi-component alloys. Each data entry integrates combustion metrics with alloy composition and critical experimental metadata, such as sample geometry, oxygen partial pressure and test method. By integrating scattered literature data into a unified framework with standardized parameters, this work provides a foundation for data-driven discovery of next-generation materials with tailored combustion performance.
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