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When you exhale, you are not exhaling carbon dioxide. You are exhaling air with a slightly higher-than-normal concentration of carbon dioxide and a slightly lower-than-normal concentration of oxygen. Carbon dioxide extinguishes fire by forcing oxygen away from the fuel, but the air you exhale still has more than enough oxygen to support combustion.
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Can carbon dioxide put flames out?
yes and it is used in CO2 type fire extinguisher.
How is carbon dioxide able to control a fire?
Carbon Dioxide [CO2] controls, and can extinguish, a fire due to the fact that the addition of CO2 to the air, results in reducing the relative percentage of Oxygen [O2] to a concentration below that necessary for combustion ["burning"] to occur.
Does removing carbon dioxidee prevent a fire starting?
It's actually the other way round. Carbon dioxide is used in some fire extinguishers to put fires out. It prevents oxygen from reaching the fire and the fire cannot continue to burn.
What happens when a lighted splint is put near carbon Dioxide?
The fire will be extinguished. The better test for identifying carbon dioxide is to bubble the gas into lime water. Limewater will go cloudy because of chalk/limestone precipitation.
What are common uses for carbon dioxide?
-Solid carbon dioxide (dry ice) can be used as refrigeration which is about two times colder than frozen water - Carbon dioxide is used in life jackets to inflate them in case of emergencies and also for activities which require life jackets. -High concentrations of carbon dioxide can also be used to kill pests, such as the common moth ball. -The gas is used commonly to produce carbonated soft drinks such as coke, sprite, Fanta and many more. -It is often used in fire extinguishers and fire blankets etc.
What chemicals is in the fire extinguisher?
In fire extinguishers, they put carbon dioxide in it because it extinguishes fires. The two ingredients of carbon dioxide are; baking soda and vinegar.
Does carbon dioxide react same like hydrogen to a fire?
No. Hydrogen will easily ignite if it comes in contact if fire. Carbon dioxide is not flammable at all and can even be used to put out a fire.
What is the Importance of carbon dioxide?
to help plants and to put in fire extinguisher
What do you use carbon dioxide?
Well I use carbon dioxide in my fire extinguisher. What do you use carbon dioxide, or to put it another way? In what do you use carbon dioxide? Humans breathe out carbon dioxide... Breathing it out is not exactly using it. That would be more like making it.
Does fire need carbon dioxide to burn?
No. Fire need fuel, oxygen, and heat to burn. Carbon dioxide is a product of most fires and can actually be used to put fires out.
Which gas do fire fighters use?
firefighters use carbon dioxide to put out fires.
Can carbon dioxide put flames out?
yes and it is used in CO2 type fire extinguisher.
What can put out a fire rathe than water or extinguisher?
The gas extinguisher that is filled with carbon dioxide and one that is filled with foam can help put out a fire.
Can water put out an ethanol fire if the object on fire is completely submerged?
An ethanol fire is extincted with carbon dioxide or solid chemicals extinguishers.
How is carbon dioxide able to control a fire?
Carbon Dioxide [CO2] controls, and can extinguish, a fire due to the fact that the addition of CO2 to the air, results in reducing the relative percentage of Oxygen [O2] to a concentration below that necessary for combustion ["burning"] to occur.
What gas is used to put fires?
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the gas often used to put out fires, especially in fire extinguishers.
Why would a carbon dioxide extinguisher be inside a burger van?
Just in case something catches fire, they can put it out.
