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The cellulose in wood is made up of glucose molecules. In combustion (burning), oxygen gas combines with the glucose (C6H12O6), breaking it apart into H2O and CO2, which are released as gases. Additionally, water that's already present, as well as other components, are vaporized by the heat of combustion, and released.
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When wood burns in fire what happens to the wood?
it turns into coal
When wood burns is that sublimation?
No. Sublimation is a physical phase change in which a solid vaporizes without going through a liquid change. Sublimation does not involve a chemical change. Iodine sublimes, passing directly from solid to gas. Clearly, this is not what happens when wood burns. When wood burns, the first thing that happens is that the wood undergoes pyrolysis, which is decomposition resulting from heat, or destructive distillation. The wood decomposes into a number of gasses, including carbon monoxide, methanol, and a large number of other carbon based chemicals. These combine with air and oxidize, producing mostly carbon dioxide and water. After the initial pyrolysis, charcoal remains. This burns with air, producing carbon dioxide and ash. There are links below to articles on sublimation and pyrolysis.
What are the products when wood burns?
ASH,
What happens to gold when it burns in Oxygen?
it burns i think
Which burns hottest coal or wood?
Coal
What is the sound of a campfire?
It can make a crackling or popping sounds as wood burns.
When wood burns in fire what happens to the wood?
it turns into coal
What happens to wood as it burns?
It turns into ash and smoke.
How do you build a good campfire?
With wood
How do you build a campfire?
1.) Get wood. 2.) Pile wood. 3.) Get wood lit on fire.
How hot is a campfire?
There are many different factors that can determine how hot a campfire is such as the wind and the type of wood that is being burned. Generally, a campfire is about 500 degrees.
What happens in the end of Tuck Everlasting in the epilouge?
the wood burns down and tucks find winnie's tomb stone
How burns happens-first aid?
how burns happens
Which wood burns the best wood from a store or sticks from trees?
wood from a store, because most of the time its dry and dry wood burns the best.
What are the energy transformations when the campfire woods burns and the billy boils?
I dont know ask your mom... I guess!
What is it called when carbon is released from a campfire?
It is termed to be combustion. Or carbon emission. Burning wood releases the carbon that was stored in the wood.
When wet wood burns what happens?
All the Bad smoke goes out in the worldand it is harder for animals and people to breath. Hello peepz
