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Not an element
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What gas is produced in a fire?
Carbon Dioxide. Carbon dioxide (CO 2) is produced in quantity at most building fires. Inhalation of carbon dioxide stimulates respiration and this in turn increases inhalation of both oxygen and possible toxic gases and vapours produced by the fire.
What is it called when a gas is burned?
Combustion that results in a flame is very fast and is called burning. Combustion can only occur between gases . Fuels can be solids, liquids or gases. During the chemical reaction that produces fire, fuel is heated to such an extent that (if not already a gas) it releases gases from its surface.
Is fire a solid liquid or gas?
This fact eliminates the slightest possibility of fire being a solid, liquid, or gas. All types of fire gradually die out and cannot continue to exist in their natural state forever, unlike the above. For example, a funeral pyre would eventually die out if it was not constantly furnished with oxygen and flammable material.
What is fire?
Fire is the visible effect of the process of combustion 鈥?a special type of chemical reaction. It occurs between oxygen in the air and some sort of fuel. The products from the chemical reaction are completely different from the starting material.