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If you strike a safety match across an untreated striking surface will it light?
The striking surface must contain red phosphorus.
Can matches relight after you have blown them out?
If you mean strike them and then relight than no. Once a match has been lit and the carbon burned out, it has already gone through a sequence of chemical reactions making it unable to strike again. But if you were to use an existing flame and light a match that has been used; then it would work. Hope I helped =P
What is the red bit on a match?
On a safety match (the kind you strike on a box) the red bit is primarily a compound called potassium chlorate. The strip on the box is red phosphorous. When you strike it on the box the two compounds create an explosive mixture which is then ignited by the heat and sparks produced by friction between the strip and the match head. Strike anywhere matches put the two compounds together on the match, the red is the phosphorous and the white tip is potassium chlorate. When you strike the match they mix and catch fire similar to striking a safety match on the box.
Which elements in the match head burn when the match is lit?
For strike anywhere matches, a combination of sulfur, phosphorus sesquisulfide and potassium chlorate.
How can you make the chemical energy in the matchstick useful?
Strike the match and start it burning then it can be used
Why does a match not light the first time?
because the frictions isn't always strong enough to light the match when you strike it against the box hope that helps:D
Why dont maches always light the first time when you strike them?
well I think it's because the match is cold and the first time you strike it it gets warm insted of lighting up
What can you do to light a match?
Strike it on a match box.
Can you strike a match on your skin and light it?
No, u can't.
Why does a match not light if you do not strike it hard enough?
roughly where do fiction, and that produces light
How did Kevin light a match on the movie home alone by striking it on the brick?
it was a strike anywhere match
Why match burning a fast reaction?
the friction of the match causes the chemicals inside the match head to ignite...in cause as long as there is oxygen in the room the match will light as quick as you strike the match....in other words...the match only lights as fast as you can strike it
Which energy transformation takes place in a match head when light the match?
The mechanical energy used to strike a match is transformed first to thermal energy. The thermal energy causes the particles in the match to release stored chemical energy, which is transformed to thermal energy and the electromagnetic energy you see as light.
What temperature does it take to light a match in oil?
A typical strike-anywhere match head has an ignition temperature of 325°F.
Is strike the match an idiom?
Yes because you are not actually hitting the match, just rubbing it sharply against the sandpaper.
Describe the energy transformations that happen hen you strike a match?
When you strike a match, first the energy is chemical because of the chemcial on the tip of the match. Then, it is mechanical because your hand moves. Then it is thermal because the match lights on fire.
You have a match and you want to heat up your bath tub light the fireplace and light the stove which one do you light first?
you light the match first
