How does the presence of oxygen affect the combustion process?

Answer 1

It will "dampen" it down. Wet wood doesn't burn well until it is dry. The mositure has to be "driven" out first.

Answer 2

Burning is an oxidation reaction, a reaction with oxygen; for a complete burning weneed a sufficient amount of oxygen, depending on the type of material to be burned. Also the rate of reaction is increased by increasing the concentration of oxygen.

Answer 3

During a combustion process, nitrogen behaves as an inert gas and does not react with other elements, other than forming a very small amount of nitric oxides. However, even then the presence of nitrogen greatly effects the combustion process because nitrogen enters the combustion chamber at high quantities and low temperatures and exits at higher temperatures thus absorbing a large proportion of chemical energy released during combustion process.

Nitrogen, when at very high temperatures such as in case of I.C engines forms nitric oxides which are very hazardous and highly corrosive.

Answer 4

No. Nitrogen is what is called an inert gas, which roughly means it doesn't react or interact with much of anything under most conditions, theoretically because its uppermost valence shell is filled and stable.

Answer 5

All fuels we burn contain carbon. the process of burning carbon is as follows, heat is applied to carbon and oxygen atoms. this heat allows the carbon and oxygen atoms to bond. This is an exothermic reaction which results in the expulsion of heat and carbon dioxide. If there is no oxygen, carbon dioxide cannot be created, therefore the chemical reaction which creates the carbon dioxide and heat cannot occur, therefor it cannot burn.

Answer 6

Oxygen is highly electronegative, which means that it attracts electrons with a high amount of force relative to most elements. The movement of electrons is what drives nearly all chemical reactions, including combustion. Oxygen helps the removal and transfer of electrons, and or molecules such as Carbon from most of our fuels which creates CO2, from the fuel to the products of the combustion reaction.

Answer 7

It will "dampen" it down. Wet wood doesn't burn well until it is dry. The mositure has to be "driven" out first.

Answer 8

Oxygen fuels the combustion process.

Answer 9

It combusts