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Neither. Fire is a process, not a physical object.
When you burn wood, the reaction is actually happening between the wood and oxygen in the air to form carbon dioxide and water vapor. Wood is a solid, but oxygen, carbon dioxide and water vapor are all gases.
If you have a gas powered stove, you are burning a gas called methane (or maybe propane). There everything is a gas. So fire is not a solid or a gas, but it is the name for a type of reaction that can involve both solids and gases (and liquids too in fact).
If you mean the flame that you see as being fire you would be wrong. Flame is the result of fire.Fire is the combination of heat and a combustible material. A good example of this is the burning cigarette.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 15y agoIt is may be a gas because to some extent it is compressible, It an also be light photons being let of by the chamical reaction of carbon and oxygen which releases heat.
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∙ 15y agofire is a chemical reaction (oxidation), so it cannot be classified as a state of matter (solid, liquid, gas)
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∙ 12y agoFlames are a mixture of hot gases. If they become hot enough, the gases may become ionized and become plasma, the fourth state of matter.
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Examples of the nine types of solution according to physical state?
These nine types of solution are solid to solid solid to liquid solid to gas liquid to solid liquid to liquid liquid to gas gas to solid gas to liquid gas to gas
Is a feather a liquid or solid or gas?
a feather is a solid
How each state changes and what it is called?
* solid to liquid: melting* liquid to solid: freezing* liquid to gas: vaporization* gas to liquid: liquefaction* solid to gas: sublimation* gas to solid: deposition
What characteristics do solutions have?
A solution is a homogeneous mixture that can be a liquid,solid, or gas depending on the solvent's state. It also has a solute that makes it up also. The various types of solutions are gas in gas, gas in liquid, liquid in liquid, solid in liquid, liquid in solid and solid in solid.
Is a cookie a solid liquid solid or a gas?
A solid.
Are fireworks liquid?
No, they are solid.
Is wool a solid liquid or a gas?
Solid
What are the general classes of colloids?
General classes of colloids are: gas in liquid, gas in solid, liquid in gas, liquid in liquid, liquid in solid, solid in gas, solid in liquid, solid in solid.
What is a flower a solid liquid or gas?
solid
What is the process of converting a gas to a liquid is called?
evaporation solid to liquid - melting liquid to gas - evaporation gas to liquid - condensation liquid to solid - freezing solid to gas and gas to solid - sublimation
What is gas a solid liquid or a gas?
Is a pencil a solid liquid or gas
The process of converting a liquid to a gas is called what?
evaporation solid to liquid - melting liquid to gas - evaporation gas to liquid - condensation liquid to solid - freezing solid to gas and gas to solid - sublimation
Examples of the nine types of solution according to physical state?
These nine types of solution are solid to solid solid to liquid solid to gas liquid to solid liquid to liquid liquid to gas gas to solid gas to liquid gas to gas
IS FISH A Solid liquid or a gas?
gas
Is a feather a liquid or solid or gas?
a feather is a solid
What is the change of state from liquid to a solid?
Solid --> Liquid = melting Other changes of state: Solid --> Gas = sublimation Gas --> Solid = deposition Liquid --> Solid = freezing/solidification Gas --> Liquid = condensation Liquid --> Gas = vaporization
How each state changes and what it is called?
* solid to liquid: melting* liquid to solid: freezing* liquid to gas: vaporization* gas to liquid: liquefaction* solid to gas: sublimation* gas to solid: deposition
