Is fire like plamsa or somewhate a pre-plasma?

Question

I know that plasma is an atom stripped of it's electrons with the nucleaus tightly packed, well since fire isn't solid liquid or a gas could it be plasma?

I've been hearing that fire is just a chemical reaction all my life, but it's still matter and still takes up space, therefore it has to be some sort of state of matter, even if it's something we havn't come up with yet. A chemical reaction isn't good enough for me.

So fire isn't plasma, I think it's possible fire can be gas because it's in a free state with no limits, but then extingueshes while causing heat. BY THE WAY how does fire cause heat?

Answer 1

Fire is the rapid oxidation of combustible matter caused by the material reaching a temperature hot enough for oxygen and the material to form a gas.
it is not a plasma.

Answer 2

Fire in not plasma.
Fire is an exothermic chemical reaction with temperatures in the 1000's of degrees (C or F it doesn't matter).
Plasma is thousands of times hotter than that, where all the nuclei are completely denuded. You have a soup of atomic nuclei and unbound electrons. Only exists in scientific experiments involving large expensive machines.

Actually fire involves reactants in a gaseous state.

Answer 3

Plasma is its own form of matter.

There are liquids, solids and gases … then there is plasma.

From Wikipedia:

"Fire is not a state of matter: rather, it is an exothermic chemical reaction accompanied by intense heat released during a rapid oxidation of combustible material. Fire may be visible as the brilliant glow and flames and may produce smoke."

Answer 4

Fire is plasma. I don't feel like getting into the details.

Answer 5

fire is not plasm, it's not close. Fire is no where near as hot as plasma