I was wondering if normal air(not oxygen enriched or anything) could be ignited and burned at some high temperature. If it can, what kind of temperatures would be required?
2006-07-11 18:05:09 · 6 answers · asked by djjjjs2000 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Good question. Air itself is not combustible. there is not sufficient fuel to burn.
2006-07-11 18:10:23 · answer #1 · answered by FireMedic 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Impossible. You need both a combustible material in the presence of oxygen to start the fire. Pure air will not ignite unless you add the combustible material.
2006-07-11 18:12:42 · answer #2 · answered by Nasdaq W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The effect you are talking about is called a 'Fire Storm' and is supposed to have happened in Dresden when the town was burned in WW2.
There were also warnings about a resulting global fire storm if there ever were to be a nuclear exchange between America and the USSR.
2006-07-11 18:09:12 · answer #3 · answered by tbolling2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think about this. If air was flammable, the entire earth's atmosphere would have burned up the first time a cave man lit a fire.
2006-07-12 02:06:53 · answer #4 · answered by xox_bass_player_xox 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the absence of oxygen in air does not permit flame.
2006-07-11 18:20:35 · answer #5 · answered by Spotty Bell 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well you need oxygen to start a fire
2006-07-11 18:09:22 · answer #6 · answered by P. Charles 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋