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In the combustion chamber of a car the gas must first be atomized, or mixed with oxygen and becomes a mist this is what your fuel injectors or carburetor do. Then it gets compressed by the piston and the spark plug which is at the top of the combustion chamber receives a small electric charge from the battery and it arcs across the gap at the bottom and that spark ignites the atomized fuel creating heat, expansion and exhaust.
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What form of gasoline is more dangerous?
Gasoline vapor when it is mixed with air. This is very readily ignited.
The chemical reaction that occurs when gasoline and air are ignited is called an?
Combustion reaction(Apex)
What part of a boat are gasoline and propane fumes most likely to accumulate?
Bilge
What chemical reaction that occurs when a mixture of gasoline and air is ignited by a spark is called a?
This reaction is called combustion.
How to store gasoline safely?
Keep the gasoline in a well-ventilated space away from your house. If you keep gasoline cans in your home, you run the risk of fires or exposure to fumes. Keep your containers in a shed or a specially-made flammable liquid storage cabinet outside your home.
Is gasoline powered by sunlight?
No. Gasoline will work in the dark. Gasoline is powered by the chemical reaction that causes the flames when ignited.
Why sound comes from automobiles?
Each time a cylinder fires a small explosion happens when the air and gasoline fumes are ignited, the sound is from all these explosions happening.
Can petrol be ignited?
Of course, in fact very easily. Petrol is not the thing that gets ignited. It is actually the fumes. The actual liquid just goes with it.
What form of gasoline is more dangerous?
Gasoline vapor when it is mixed with air. This is very readily ignited.
What happens to the gasoline inside the motor?
it's compressed and is ignited
Is car battery acid flamable?
The fumes are flammable just like gasoline fumes.
Why gasoline is not used in diesel engines?
Gasoline does not combust properly, or at all, in a compression ignition engine. Gasoline is designed to be ignited by a spark.
What characteristics of gasoline makes it such a dangerous liquid?
Gasoline vapor reacts explosively with the oxygen in air if ignited.
What chemical reaction occurs when gasoline and air are ignited?
Combustion is an oxidation reaction.
What conditions must exist for a fire to occur?
In strictly theoretical terms, there must be fuel at a combustion temperature, with enough oxygen to support a flame, and a source of ignition to start the chemical reaction we know as "fire." For example, paper can be ignited at 451 degrees Fahrenheit but will not ignite when heated to that temperature unless there is enough oxygen. Gasoline, on the other hand, has a flash point of minus 40 degrees, meaning its fumes can be ignited at any temperature higher than that, but only if in the proper concentration (between the lower and upper flammable limits). In other words, there has to be enough oxygen in the mixture to allow the gasoline fumes to burn.
What drug contains fumes or vapors?
its not a drug but its addictive its gasoline
What will prevent the ignition of gasoline fumes in a backfire?
Flame arrestor.
