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the answer is not expelotion since oxygen don't burn it self. but the fire would be very powerful and the match would burn instantly.

2006-08-25 02:33:18 · answer #1 · answered by CH4 3 · 2 0

If earth's atmosphere was with 100% oxygen nobody would have been there to lit a match.

2006-08-25 01:13:40 · answer #2 · answered by rajr59 2 · 0 0

the first thing we must know is that oxygen only supports burning. it cannot catch fire. for something to burn oxygen is very essential.
coming to the problem, if it were 100% oxygen, then the matchstick would burn with more speed than normal. the reason being that oxygen is present in abundance. there will not be any explosion. the most important principle in this problem is that the chemical reaction involved will remain the same regardless of the concentration of oxygen. bcoz oxygen is present in abundance, the energy liberated in the whole process will be the same as in the normal case.

2006-08-25 02:31:22 · answer #3 · answered by pranav 2 · 3 0

The match would burn intensely. Even a slightly glowing piece of carbon would start burning intensely.
Ask your chemistry teacher to put a little oxygen in a test tube and drop a match into to demonstrate it to you.

2006-08-25 01:03:31 · answer #4 · answered by nitro2k01 3 · 2 0

I would say that no living creature (let alone a man ) would be alive to light a match. Our lungs will burn if it inhales 100% oxygen.

2006-08-25 04:06:23 · answer #5 · answered by Prateek Rox 1 · 0 0

If the ambience 'without be conscious' became one hundred p.c. oxygen i might want to imagine there's a nil p.c. probability that each and each one ignition resources on the the Earth might want to be off. That being the case, the smallest spark, might want to reason the ambience to ignite and incinerate each little thing on the floor of the Earth. Poof! absolutely everyone dies, that could want to easily suck.

2016-11-27 20:24:57 · answer #6 · answered by kokal 4 · 0 0

Nothing much. The match would burn out really fast. Without Carbon or CH oxygen can't burn on its own.

2006-08-25 01:06:14 · answer #7 · answered by blind_chameleon 5 · 3 0

Well, the match would burn something else (probably you hand) faster. Oxygen would also aide in the spreading of fire.

2006-08-25 01:05:41 · answer #8 · answered by zack_falcon 3 · 2 1

lets just say we should be glad the earth is not 100% oxygen

2006-08-25 02:31:47 · answer #9 · answered by david g 2 · 0 1

the match would burn quickly... but unless the fire spread to another fuel source nothing would happen. remember the fire triangle... fuel, energy, oxygen... you need all three for a fire.

2006-08-25 04:00:41 · answer #10 · answered by Charity 3 · 2 0

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