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When heated, wood gives off gasses. Those gasses combine with oxygen in the air, producing a chemical reaction that gives off heat. Rapid oxidation of a fuel is called combustion, or fire.
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Does the wood burn or the vapors?
Both. Heated wood gives off gasses that burn. Charcoal (carbon) will also burn.
What is needed to make wood burn and what is released?
for wood to burn you need fire
What kind of wood does not burn?
Petrified wood- wood that has turned to stone. Any other wood WILL burn, some better than others.
What is a hypothesis for burning wood?
to get different types of wood and burn them and watch and see which one burn the fastest
What makes fire burn at different temperater?
One way for a fire to burn at a different temperature is it's wood soft wood such as pine burn fast and hot but hard wood such as muscle wood burns slower and cooler but still hot enough to burn you so don't touch it
The flammibility of a substance is?
The ability for it to burn (combust).
Is wood a solid that can turn into gas?
No. Wood will combust (or burn) when it reaches a high enough temperature. Heat and light are released as many of the carbon compounds in the wood are oxidized into Carbon Dioxide gas. But there is no such thing as a wood gas, in and of itself. Keep in mind that wood is composed of many compounds, not one compound.
What changes when you burn a popsicle stick?
Wood is made of three basic elements: hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon. When it burns the oxygen and hydrogen combust and the carbon is left over. This is the quick and easy explanation.
Does fire need carbon to burn?
No. Only oxygen is sufficient for something to combust.
What gas is needed for paper to burn?
Answer:Burning of wood is a process of combustion. By definition if something is undergoing combustion oxygen must be involved in the reaction.
Does wood burn better than charcoal?
First of all, wood can be broken down into three elements: carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. To create fire you need heat, fuel and oxygen. By providing the wood you have fuel and since it contains oxygen, you have that as well. By raising the heat of it enough, even in a vacuum you are eventually going to cause it to spontaneously combust before any of those elements melt. So in short wood cannot melt before it starts burning.
Matter that is flammable can?
burn, combust, undergo exothermic reaction, burst into flame. Think that's all of them.
What order does the body prefer to burn the macronutrients?
Its breaks the food down to your cell then your cell combust it to energy
What is needed to burn wood and what is released?
for wood to burn you need fire
Is it safe to burn wood with varnish in a wood stove?
No it is not safe to burn it.
Does the wood burn or the vapors?
Both. Heated wood gives off gasses that burn. Charcoal (carbon) will also burn.
How does a flame burn?
That is actually a very interesting question. When something like wood starts to burn, it heats the wood itself, and this heat is enough to vapourize many of flammable compounds that makeup wood itself, organic molecules such as ketones, aldehydes, hydrocarbons. Once these molecules escape from the burning piece of wood and encounter oxygen, but as the piece of wood gets hotter and volatile compounds are released faster, the oxygen immediately around the burning wood is consumed and the flammable molecules has to travel further away before it bumps into a oxygen molecule and combust.
