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Combustion typically has a Fuel and an Oxidizer.
Typically the oxidizer is Oxygen in the elemental form O2, but it can be other substances such as potassium nitrate or ammonium perchlorate which are often used in rocket fuels in the absences of air.
The fuel can be any hydrocarbon source such as wood, oil, coal, alcohol, etc. Or any
reducing substance that reacts with the oxidizer above.
Two other components would be an activation energy (the energy required to initiate the reaction) and a requirement for an exothermic reaction (a chemical reaction that releases heat or energy).
I.E. Wood and air are fine together... until you light a match.
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If you say 'oxygen gas supports combustion' are you talking about a chemical or physical reaction?
Combustion is a hemical reaction.
The waste products of combustion leave the internal combustion engine through the?
The waste products of combustion leave the internal combustion engine through the exhaust valve.
Is oxygen one result of combustion?
No. Oxygen is a reactant in combustion, not a product.
What is combustion compared to?
Combustion is a burning, an oxydation reaction.
What type of simple chemical reaction takes place in fireworks?
Rapid oxidisation Correct Answer a combustion reaction
What are the ingredients for combustion?
usually achohol and flammable materials
What two ingredients are necessary for combustion?
Carbon and oxygen combine to form carbon dioxide, CO2, during the combustion of fuel.
What device mixes air and petrol for the internalcombustion engine?
The combustion chamber is the primary mixer - its ingredients are injected or inducted by valves and carburettor. These days computers control most compositions mixed in the combustion chamber and analyze the effect of the combustion on the mixtures.
What is the difference between spontaneous combustion and rapid combustion?
differentiate rapid combustion to spontaneous combustion
What is the most important difference between and internal combustion engine and an external combustion engine?
in internal combustion engine combustion happens internally in cylinder and in external combustion engine combustion happens externally in boiler
What is the most important difference between an international combustion engine and an external combustion engine?
in internal combustion engine combustion happens internally in cylinder and in external combustion engine combustion happens externally in boiler
In what type of reaction is water always a product?
Combustion reactions
How does heat combustion of paraffin compare to heat combustion of propane?
how does the heat of combustion of propane compare to the heat of combustion of paraffin wax
What is an example of a sentence using the word Combustion?
Combustion engines are very efficient. Combustion does not provide much energy.
Is burning of oxygen combustion or decomposition?
Combustion. Any reaction that has O2 as a reactant is combustion.
What is another word for combustion?
Burning, detonation for supersonic combustion and deflagration for subsonic combustion.
What is the process of burning fuels?
Combustion
