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Counterpoint: you can intermix an insulatory and a crystalline material to form a resistant composite.

Wood doesn't melt; it just burns.

Not that these don't melt; they're mostly fiberglass and polyurethane.

Well it certainly can't burn if there is no oxigen around.

edit: It seems it doesn't melt even then.

You can dissolve wood, if you have the right solvent.

That sounds like as close as we'll get to melting the stuff.

Lots of things sublime into gas rather than melt.

Yeah, but then I remembered pressure. ;-)