nope oxygen is needed though
Nitrogen itself is not a flammable gas, so it will not support combustion. However, oxygen is necessary for a fire to burn, and air is composed mostly of nitrogen and oxygen. Removing oxygen, by displacing it with nitrogen, can help extinguish a fire.
Spilling liquid nitrogen over fire would likely extinguish the fire due to the extremely cold temperature of the nitrogen (-320°F). The rapid evaporation of the liquid nitrogen would displace oxygen, which is essential for combustion, effectively smothering the flames.
Nitrogen itself is not a fire extinguishing agent. However, nitrogen gas can displace oxygen, which is a crucial component for fire to sustain itself. By displacing oxygen, nitrogen can help smother a fire by depriving it of the necessary conditions to burn.
While nitrogen is a non-combustible gas that can be used to extinguish fires, it is not entirely accurate to say that without nitrogen in the air, a fire will not burn. Fires require oxygen to burn, and while nitrogen dilutes the oxygen concentration in the air and can help suppress fires, it is not the absence of nitrogen that prevents fires from burning.
By eating plants
Nitrogen can be used in fire extinguishers as gas propellant.
Nitrogen can be used in fire extinguishers as gas propellant.
A fire needs oxygen to burn. Air contains oxygen. So passing in nitrogen stops incoming air refuelling the fire. Have to be careful if there are trapped people who of course need to take in oxygen as they breathe.
Nitrogen does not support fire because it is considered a non-flammable substance. Liquid nitrogen prevents fire from spreading because it inhibits fuel and oxygen from burning.
Nitrogen itself is not a flammable gas, so it will not support combustion. However, oxygen is necessary for a fire to burn, and air is composed mostly of nitrogen and oxygen. Removing oxygen, by displacing it with nitrogen, can help extinguish a fire.
Spilling liquid nitrogen over fire would likely extinguish the fire due to the extremely cold temperature of the nitrogen (-320°F). The rapid evaporation of the liquid nitrogen would displace oxygen, which is essential for combustion, effectively smothering the flames.
Nitrogen itself is not a fire extinguishing agent. However, nitrogen gas can displace oxygen, which is a crucial component for fire to sustain itself. By displacing oxygen, nitrogen can help smother a fire by depriving it of the necessary conditions to burn.
No, in fact most early spacecraft the test animals, astronauts, or cosmonauts breathed pure oxygen. This was stopped after the Apollo-1 fire, which was attributed to defective wiring and a pure oxygen atmosphere. After that some nitrogen was added as a safety feature against fire.
N2, you know nitrogen gas
We get the nitrogen our bodies need by eating food.
Usually CO2. Hydrogen and oxygen are fuels for fire. Nitrogen would work but is not usually used as it is too light.
Herbivores get the nitrogen they need by eating plants.