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How can a star burn with no oxygen?  (Beginner) A fire cannot burn without oxygen. You can show this for yourself, in fact: if you light a small candle and then put a clear glass upside-down over that candle (without touching the flame), you can watch the flame slowly extinguish as it uses up all of the oxygen that you have trapped around it with the glass.
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How Fire Works The heat of the flame itself keeps the fuel at the ignition temperature, so it continues to burn as long as there is fuel and oxygen around it. The flame heats any surrounding fuel so it releases gases as well. When the flame ignites the gases, the fire spreads. On Earth, gravity determines how the flame burns. All the hot gases in the flame are much hotter (and less dense) than the surrounding air, so they move upward toward lower pressure.
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Flame Out Carbon dioxide molecules are heavier than air. Because of this, they push the oxygen and other molecules in the air out of the way as they sink down over the flame and candle. When oxygen is pushed away from the wick, it can’t react with the wax anymore. This makes the flame go out. Next time you blow out a candle, think about what your breath is actually doing.
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Your  Body's Oxygen Levels Oxygen is the spark of life. Just as a fire can’t burn without oxygen our cells can’t produce heat and energy without oxygen. Oxygen is extracted from the air we breathe by the lungs. It passes into the blood vessels that surround the lungs and is carried to all the cells of the body by the blood.ust as a fire can’t burn without oxygen our cells can’t produce heat and energy without oxygen. Oxygen is extracted from the air we breathe by the lungs. It passes into the blood vessels that surround the lungs and is carried to all the cells of the body by the blood.
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- 1 A policy of imperialistic expansion defended as necessary or benevolent. 2  often Manifest Destiny The 19th-century doctrine that the United States had the right and duty to expand throughout the North American continent.
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- Spontaneous human combustion (SHC) is a scientifically unsubstantiated hypothesis that suggests the burning of a person's body without an external source of ignition. Although there is much speculation and controversy over SHC, it is not a proven natural occurrence.
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Flame There are different methods of distributing the required components of combustion to a flame. In a diffusion flame, oxygen and fuel diffuse into each other; where they meet the flame occurs. In a premixed flame, the oxygen and fuel are premixed beforehand, which results in a different type of flame.Candle flames (a diffusion flame) operate through evaporation of the fuel which rises in a laminar flow of hot gas which then mixes with surrounding oxygen and combusts.n a diffusion flame, oxygen and fuel diffuse into each other; where they meet the flame occurs. In a premixed flame, the oxygen and fuel are premixed beforehand, which results in a different type of flame.
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- The Inc omplete Combustion of Natural Gas-Methane. Incomplete combustion means burning in a lack of air (not enough oxygen). If there is not enough oxygen available for all the carbon to turn into carbon dioxide (see complete combustion), then some or all of the carbon turns to carbon monoxide.This happens with any hydrocarbon.We shall take methane as an example.ncomplete combustion means burning in a lack of air (not enough oxygen). If there is not enough oxygen available for all the carbon to turn into carbon dioxide (see complete combustion), then some or all of the carbon turns to carbon monoxide. This happens with any hydrocarbon. We shall take methane as an example.
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Ecosystem 1 Without oxygen you can't have a fire. 2  When things burn, they use up oxygen and replace it with carbon dioxide. 3  Plants-Plants create the majority of the oxygen we breathe through a process called photosynthesis. 4  In this process plants use carbon dioxide, sunlight, and water to create energy.
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9 Ways To Start a Fire Without Matches 7. Fire From Ice. Fire from ice isn’t just some dumb cliché used for high school prom themes. You can actually make fire from a piece of ice. All you need to do is form the ice into a lens shape and then use it as you would when starting a fire with any other lens. This method can be particularly handy for wintertime camping. Get clear water.
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- Fires sustain themselves on oxygen, fuel and heat. Cut off any of these three and the fire in most cases will be doused. But these are not common to all fires. Reducing elements that induce heat are different in specific cases.
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- Combustion /kəmˈbʌs.tʃən/ or burning is a high-temperature exothermic redox chemical reaction between a fuel and an oxidant, usually atmospheric oxygen, that produces oxidized, often gaseous products, in a mixture termed as smoke.ncomplete combustion will occur when there is not enough oxygen to allow the fuel to react completely to produce carbon dioxide and water. It also happens when the combustion is quenched by a heat sink, such as a solid surface or flame trap.
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- Problem 1: Not all the oxygen is consumed An easy way to show that candles only consume a fractionof the oxygen inside the jar is to run the experiment with twocandles at the same time, one short and one tall. You will ﬁnd3. that the taller candle goes out before the shorter one.
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Flame Light Relight (Science Magic) â SICK Science Flame Light Relight (Science Magic) – SICK Science. Use carbon dioxide and oxygen gases to extinguish and ignite fire. There’s a lot of chemistry behind the simple lighting or extinguishing of a flame.
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Why Are There Blue and Green Flames? And copper is absolutely not the cause of blue gas flames on a kitchen stove or the blue inner core of a candle flame. From now on, any mention of blue or green flames will refer only to flames not involving copper or barium, or any other element that gives off blue or green wavelengths.
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- Oxygen is not flammable, nor does it explode. However, oxygen will make a fire burn quicker. To. avoid the chances of a fire: • Never smoke while using your oxygen concentrator. • Do not use open fire or flames near the oxygen concentrator.
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Journal Archive The resulting plume of fuel in the combustion chamber had a wide temperature range, due to poor mixing with the air. The combustion in the rich region of the flame produced soot, and the lean regions produced NOx. To overcome this, systems today operate at pressures up to 1500 bar and have up to 8 holes per injector.
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- Since four elements must be present for the combustion process to occur (fuel, heat, an oxidizing agent, and a chemical chain reaction), a fire can be extinguished by removing any one of these four elements.
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Dangers of Home Oxygen Use Oxygen can even make some materials burn that are not normally flammable. For example, Nomex, which is the material used to make the fireproof clothing firefighters wear, can be lit on fire in an oxygen-rich environment, explains the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security.
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- A preliminary study has been made of the mechanism by which metals burn. Experiments have been carried out with wires of aluminium, iron, magnesium, molybdenum, titanium and zirconium in oxygen and oxygen + nitrogen mixtures.
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StarChild Question of the Month for August 2001 If there is no oxygen in space, how does the Sun burn? The Sun does not burn, like we think of logs in a fire or paper burning. The Sun glows because it is a very big ball of gas, and a process called nuclear fusion is taking place in its core.
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- Without one of these elements a fire cannot start or continue. In a chemical process, the molecules rearrange themselves. Energy is either released or absorbed. The process in a fire is called oxidation, where oxygen atoms combine with hydrogen and carbon to form water and carbon dioxide.Oxidation is the same chemical process that turns iron into rust. But with iron, the reaction is VERY slow.So, the heat energy that is released is VERY low.he process in a fire is called oxidation, where oxygen atoms combine with hydrogen and carbon to form water and carbon dioxide. Oxidation is the same chemical process that turns iron into rust. But with iron, the reaction is VERY slow.
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Medical oxygen and fire The air is normally 21% oxygen. Oxygen is not flammable, but fire needs it to burn. When more oxygen is present, any fire that starts will burn hotter and faster than usual. More oxygen in the air means that things such as hair, plastic, skin oils, clothing, and furniture can catch fire at lower temperatures. Safety tips.
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How does fire happen? Answers. 1  Oxygen+Heat+Fuel=combustion or fire. Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material in the chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products. The flame is the visible portion of the fire and consists of glowing hot gases.
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Symbolism in Touching Spirit Bear I think spirit bear symbolizes nature and peace. I think it represents nature because that just what it seems like to me. It represents peace because it didn’t attack mat until he threw an arrow at it then when he was injured on the beach it didn’t attack him. I think the at.oow symbolizes protection. think the spirit bear symbolizes a second chance for Cole. I think Cole will make a recovery from the attack, and then he will be a new person. I think the at.oow symbolizes bravery and courage, and it might help Cole.