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Can nitrogen catch on fire?
Nitrogen gas itself does not catch fire under normal conditions as it is an inert gas. However, nitrogen can support combustion by providing an oxygen-free environment that prevents the fire from being extinguished.
What happens when you put a lighted splint in nitrogen?
When you put a lighted splint in nitrogen, it will continue to burn but more slowly than in oxygen due to the lack of oxygen in nitrogen. Nitrogen is an inert gas that does not support combustion, so the splint will eventually go out.
What are the two main gases?
Hydrogen and Nitrogen. Or oxygen and carbon dioxide, or carbon monoxide.
Word equation for nitrogen oxide?
Nitrogen oxide forms when nitrogen reacts with oxygen. The word equation for this reaction is: nitrogen + oxygen → nitrogen oxide.
Why does nitrogen and oxygen react in a car engine?
Nitrogen and oxygen can react to form oxides of nitrogen. The reaction can occur whenever a combustion reaction takes place in the presence of nitrogen. It could take place in a car engine because it is where fuel combusts and the temperature within engines can be high. The products formed are NO (nitric oxide) and NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) which are of harm to the environment.
If nitrogen is in the air will a fire not burn?
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.
Why does nitrogen burn magnesium?
Nitrogen does not burn magnesium. In order for magnesium to burn, it requires oxygen as the oxidizing agent. When magnesium reacts with oxygen in the air, it produces magnesium oxide and releases a considerable amount of heat and light.
Why does zinc burn up fast?
It reacts with oxygen and nitrogen well.
Is this true without nitrogen in the air a fire will not 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.
What can burn in an oxygen free atmosphere?
Many things. Titanium burns well in both oxygen and nitrogen.
Can nitrogen catch on fire?
Nitrogen gas itself does not catch fire under normal conditions as it is an inert gas. However, nitrogen can support combustion by providing an oxygen-free environment that prevents the fire from being extinguished.
Does ammonia burn in oxygen?
Yes, ammonia can burn in the presence of oxygen to form nitrogen dioxide, water, and nitrogen gas as byproducts. This combustion reaction can occur under specific conditions, such as with a high temperature ignition source.
What would happen to something burning if there was only oxygen and no nitrogen?
If there was only oxygen and no nitrogen present, the burning process would be more efficient and the flames would burn brighter and hotter. Nitrogen in the air can act as a diluent, which can dampen the combustion process.
What happens when you put a lighted splint in nitrogen?
When you put a lighted splint in nitrogen, it will continue to burn but more slowly than in oxygen due to the lack of oxygen in nitrogen. Nitrogen is an inert gas that does not support combustion, so the splint will eventually go out.
If air contained oxygen instead of nitrogen?
If that were so then fires would burn much more intensely.
How will burning be affected if nitrogenin the air to act as a diluents for oxygen?
The air is already close to 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 1% argon and about 0.04% carbon dioxide, therefore oxygen in the air is already diluted with nitrogen. This means that things don't burn nearly as fast as they would if the air were 100% oxygen, and things would burn more slowly if the air had more nitrogen, argon or carbon dioxide in it. Nitrogen doesn't help anything burn, but it will burn itself if there is oxygen present and the temperature is over about 900 deg. F. That is why automobile and jet airplane exhausts contain some nitrogen oxides. Neither argon or carbon dioxide will burn not matter how high the temperature is. This may seem strange at first, but oxygen is not flammable. Oxygen itself doesn't burn, but it is necessary for other things, called fuels, to burn. Anything that burns is called a fuel. To cause a fire, you need a fuel, and oxidant, and a source of ignition, like a spark or a flame or something very hot. Oxygen isn't the only thing that will cause things to burn. Nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, is very effective at making things burn, as does fluorine or chlorine gas.
When fuels burn what components of air are reactants?
The main components of air that react during combustion of fuels are oxygen and sometimes nitrogen. Oxygen is necessary for the combustion process to occur, while nitrogen can react at high temperatures to form nitrogen oxides (NOx).
