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What percentage of oxygen to sustain a fire?
A concentration of oxygen in the air above 16% is sufficient to sustain combustion or a fire. Below 16%, fires will have difficulty burning or may not burn at all.
Does fire need fuel and oxygen to burn?
If by 'fire' you mean a flame, then yes. A super hot gas discharged from a nozzel will produce a flame even though no combustion takes place. Anything can be heated to a plasma stage by magnetic resonance, especially if there is some iron mixed in to get things started. Of course in all these situations you have to get energy from someplace, which is what fuel is ordinarily used for.
What is the chemical to make fire?
Fire is not a chemical itself, but a chemical reaction that occurs when a fuel (such as wood, paper, or gas) combines with oxygen in the air and is ignited by heat to produce light and heat energy. The main components needed for fire are fuel, oxygen, and heat.
Where does the oxygen your body needs come from?
The oxygen your body needs comes from the air you breathe. When you inhale, your lungs take in oxygen from the air, and this oxygen is carried to all the cells in your body through your bloodstream to be used in various metabolic processes.
Do lungs absorb all of the oxygen present in the air?
No, lungs do not absorb all of the oxygen present in the air we breathe. Only a small percentage of the oxygen in each breath we take is actually absorbed into the bloodstream through the alveoli in the lungs. The rest is exhaled back out into the atmosphere.
Do all animals take in air like humans?
Humans are anmals and we all act alike in that we need to take in oxygen in the air.
How do firefighters put out fire storms?
They really can't put them out. When a fire gets that bad it sucks out all the oxygen in the air and it will pull people into the fire.
What percentage of oxygen to sustain a fire?
A concentration of oxygen in the air above 16% is sufficient to sustain combustion or a fire. Below 16%, fires will have difficulty burning or may not burn at all.
Trees need some oxygen to grow. Do they take in some through the air or do they take it in through the soil via water?
The leaves supply almost all of the oxygen, so through the air.
Why do you not take in all the oxygen in the air?
We need to share with other humans, plants, and animals.
Where do the red blood cells take the oxygen?
All over the body. Think your toes don't need air?
How do you process the air you breathe before it gets into your lungs?
All I can say is that when you breath in, you take in air and extract the oxygen. When you exhale you're letting out the nitrogen that was with the oxygen in the air. The oxygen then goes to your blood. How this happens? I can't say. Sorry.
Is it possible for air to catch fire?
Yes, but not by itself. Fire still needs a source of fuel to ignite. Air has a % of oxygen which the fire needs to feed on. Air is not conbustible but it will feed a fire get higher and bigger.
How do leopards get oxygen?
Leopards, like all mammals, breathe air through their lungs to get oxygen. They take in oxygen from the air they breathe, which is then transported by their circulatory system to cells in their body to produce energy.
Do organisms take oxygen from the air and the water?
Yes organisms take oxygen from the air and aquatic organisms take oxygen from the water using their gills. Some do. Most only from one or the other. For example a tuna fish gets pretty much all its oxygen from oxygen dissolved in water. Humans get all our oxygen from the air. Mudskippers get oxygen from both. Yes. Land animals take in oxygen that plants release using their noses. On the other hand, aquatic or marine animals take in oxygen using their gills.
How do you put out an oil fire?
All fire needs oxygen so all you have to do is smother it.
How much air is taken up in fires?
Are you talking car fires, forest fires, house fires? The amount of oxygen consumed in a fire will depend on many factors including their size and intensity. It is easiest to explain when we think of a house fire. Imagine a closed off room with a small fire burning in it, as the fire grows it consumes more oxygen. When you hear fire fighters talk about back drafts this is what they are talking about. When a fire has consumes all of the air in a room and then , say someone opens a door and a rush of air enters the room , this causes a sudden explosion of the fire , a back draft. Sometimes like in a forest fire the fire is so intense that it sucks in all the air from in and around it and draws it up into the column of smoke it produces. So potentially a fire can consume 100% of the oxygen within itself and possibly its perimeters.
