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I'm not really sure, so don't take my answer right away, but i think it is oxygen because you need the oxygen to make the fire. Or, it is carbon monoxide because that is whats released from most smokes. Sorry if I couldn't give you the correct answer.

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The most common gases associated with active volcanoes are water vapor, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, hydrogen, helium, carbon monoxide, and hydrochloric acid. Lesser amounts of hydrofluoric acid, nitrogen, argon, and other compounds are commonly associated with active volcanoes as well. Volcanic gases rarely reach populated areas in lethal concentrations, although sulfur dioxide can react with the atmosphere downwind and fall as acid rain to cause corrosion and a host of other effects. People with respiratory or Heart diseases are especially susceptible to volcanic gases (fume). Carbon dioxide is heavier than air and tends to collect in depressions, where it can occur in lethal concentrations and cause suffocation. On occasion, toxic concentrations of fluorine from hydrofluoric acid have been absorbed onto ash and ingested by livestock or leached into domestic water supplies.

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water vapor, carbon dioxide, hydrogen chloride and sulfur dioxide are common

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  1. Carbon Dioxide
  2. Steam
  3. Sulphur Dioxide.
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What are some volcanic gases?

The most common volcanic gas released in an eruption is water vapor. Water vapor is followed by carbon dioxide and sulfur gas.


Is a gas plume considered a volcanic eruption?

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What gas is given off during a volcanic eruption?

Water vapor and carbon dioxide. Water vapor is the most abundant.


Most common gas emitted during volcanic?

I think it is carbon dioxide.


Why do some volcanoes erupt ash and others lava?

The style of the volcanic eruption is very dependent on the amount of dissolved gas that is in the magma (liquid rock below the surface). If there is a high gas content the volcanic eruption will be explosive and create a log of ash. If the gas content is low the eruption produces more lava flows. An example of a high gas content eruption was the last major eruption of Mt. St. Helens in 1980. An example of a low gas content eruption would be the Hawaiian volcanoes.


What is the main hazard from a quiet volcanic eruption?

it could be gas or just few rocks.


What are the factors affecting volcanic eruption?

How full the magma chamber is and the amount of gas that is in the volcano.


What are the two factors that affect the explosiveness of a a volcanic eruption?

There are two factors that determine how explosive a volcano is. The two factors are the amount of gas that is present in the lava and how easy or difficult that gas can be released into the atmosphere.


What are three events that might signal a volcanic eruption?

One event that could be a signal of a possible volcanic eruption is if there is an earthquake near or around the area.


What are resources to get through a volcanic eruption?

some things are turning off gas water and electrity and avoid any amount of gas:)


What are the signs of volcanic activity?

Local earthquakes, Land inflation, Increase of gas emission, eruption of lava.