Do solids and liquids burn?

Answer 1

EVERYTHING burns... if you get it hot enough.

Answer 2

Don't Quote me on this,

On a Physical Level, for General Science Education up to High School Level, from that viewed by us, Yes they do Burn.

But on a Chemical Level, High School and Beyond (Including some Firefighters )Depends.
When Examined closely, it is the Gaseous State for Most Solid and Liquid that Burns.

In combustion, the Solid or Liquid is heated till it become or give off gases, and it is this gases that support and continue the burning.

With a hots of Exceptions in some Metal use as Potassium, Sodium, Lithium column of the periodic table.

In the exception, the process of solid to gas is so rapid, that it is almost or cannot be detected.

Answer 3

In general, solids and liquids do not burn as a flame -- not paper, not even gasoline. What does burn, however, are the vapors that emanate from solids and liquids.

With a lighted candle, melted wax travels up the wick. When the wax reaches the hot flame along the wick, it vaporizes. The heat from the flame is hot enough to cause the vaporized wax to oxidize (burn), and this oxidation releases more heat. The same thing happens with paper and wood. The heat from the flame is hot enough to vaporize the material, the heated vapor oxidizes, and the oxidizing vapor generates more flame and more heat.

Notice the black soot underneath the beaker. This soot, which is made up mainly of carbon, formed just before it entered the flame.

Within the flame of the candle, the carbon atoms don't completely combine with the oxygen. Instead, they combine with other surrounding atoms to form large molecules consisting mainly of carbon. These soot molecules get so hot that they glow. The orange-red flame color comes from the glowing soot as it feeds into the flame.

That's it for On Fire.

Answer 4

Gas is a liquid

Gas and Styrofoam mixed is a solid and that burns.


Only water based liquids and Mercury won;t burn. The rest are usually flamable.

Answer 5

this question is very open. do you mean solids and liquids in general or solids and liquids that you eat burning your mouth or what?

if you try and burn a liquid it will either catch fire or evaporate.

if you try to burn a solid it will either just stay how it is, turn black and smell bad, or light on fire.

Answer 6

pure sodium in water. A solid that will burn in a liquid.

Answer 7

No- It is gases that burn. The solid and liquid can be heated until they turn into or release gases which can ignite and in turn burn.

Answer 8

Cardboard is a solid, cardboard will burn.
Gasoline is a liquid, gasoline will burn.
Nuff said.

Answer 9

yes for solids think of wood
for liquids think of gasoline

Answer 10

They burn when converted to a gaseous state. Heat usually causes the gases to be released.

Answer 11

I throw gasoline on your car. Will it burn?