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When the carbon dioxide gas was poured over the flame why was the flame extinguished?
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∙ 14y ago
Fire is a complex thing. It needs 3 things in order to keep burning. Fuel, oxygen, and heat. When you pour the gas over it, there is no oxygen, therefore, flame extinguished.
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How can you test carbon dioxide?
Carbon Dioxide turns lime water milky/cloudy.
If you burn a candle will there be carbon dioxide?
The flame will go out, because carbon dioxide removes the oxygen from the area surrounding the flame. Fire requires oxygen to burn, much like humans need oxygen to breath, and similar to carbon dioxide does to humans, the flame will lose its oxygen and go out.
What element puts out a flame?
Carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide remove oxygen by any means
Does carbon monoxide burn?
Yes, carbon monoxide burns with a blue flame, producing carbon dioxide.
When is the flame extinguished?
This occurs only when the flame is robbed of oxygen.
How can you test carbon dioxide?
Carbon Dioxide turns lime water milky/cloudy.
If you burn a candle will there be carbon dioxide?
The flame will go out, because carbon dioxide removes the oxygen from the area surrounding the flame. Fire requires oxygen to burn, much like humans need oxygen to breath, and similar to carbon dioxide does to humans, the flame will lose its oxygen and go out.
Which gas is in the bubbles. how can you prove this?
Carbon Dioxide. You can prove it by collecting some of the gas in a test tube (the gas is heavier than air). Drop a lighted splint into the test tube, and the flame will be extinguished.
What element puts out a flame?
Carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide remove oxygen by any means
Can you give an example of a sentence using word extinguish?
Nancy poured baking soda on the grease fire to extinguish the flame.
What gas puts out a flame?
CO2(carbon Dioxide)
What happens when you put a flame into carbon dioxide fumes?
The flame will go out as it is deprived of oxygen.
What chemical is given off in a burning flame?
The principal components are carbon dioxide, water, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, soot.
What gas comes off a burning flame?
Carbon dioxide and water vapor come from a flame.
Does carbon monoxide burn?
Yes, carbon monoxide burns with a blue flame, producing carbon dioxide.
When is the flame extinguished?
This occurs only when the flame is robbed of oxygen.
Which gas is needed to put out a flame?
Co2 (carbon dioxide) x
