2006-09-11 22:50:45 · 17 answers · asked by ajay v 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
It is a chemical reaction that occurs.. (oxidation) where oxygen combines with (usually) carbon. The result is exothermic (that's how the flame keeps going) the flame itself is formed (again usually) by carbon atoms and molecules floating off while they are still reacting. When the oxidation reaction stops.. that is the edge of the flame.
2006-09-11 22:59:48 · answer #1 · answered by 10Speed 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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What state of matter is fire,solid,liquid,or gas?
2015-08-20 08:49:05 · answer #2 · answered by Doralin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fire isn't technically matter as I understand it but a chemical reaction that occurs between the a combustible gas such as oxygen and a solid or liquid fuel source. As a chemical reaction it's state is temprorary and it occurs between these two materials but is of neither.
2006-09-11 22:57:21 · answer #3 · answered by jleslie4585 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It seems to me that fire flame is neither gas nor solid or liquid. It is concentration of light particles before they attain the speed of 'c'. Fire is visible and can be felt. Its heat may be due to tremendous release of light particles for diffusion or expansion in space. It seems to be a form of matter by all accounts. The mass may be converted into EM waves.
2006-09-12 00:36:57 · answer #4 · answered by orsel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fire is the visible effect of the process of combustion – a special type of chemical reaction. It occurs between oxygen in the air and some sort of fuel.Flame is the volume in which combustion takes place. The volume i which reaction occurs glows and is hot because while the reaction heat and light forms of energy is produced, It is neither liquid nor gas but a physical form of a reaction.
2015-11-19 16:16:48 · answer #5 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gas, for the most part, at least the flames you're seeing. That's why you see it rising above whatever it is you're burning. Vaporized particles of whatever you're using as fuels are what's igniting to release more energy. Of course, the gas burning could have been a solid or liquid moments ago, as in a block of wood or candle wax.
2006-09-11 22:58:46 · answer #6 · answered by Sinai 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Fire is energy, it's not a state of matter. It's the result of a chemichal reaction, that produces CO2, light and heat. You can think of it as a mixture of hot gases, but fire is really the energy resulting from the reaction. Just like electricity - it's not a state of matter, but the organised movement of electrons.
If the flame is hot enough the gases are ionised and become another state of matter: plasma.
2006-09-11 23:09:07 · answer #7 · answered by Deep Thought 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mixed solid/gas, but mostly gas
2006-09-11 22:55:10 · answer #8 · answered by KabouterPlop 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Fire is not a substance / element or a physical thing hence it does not exisst in any state
Its a chemical process of oxidation which is visible to the eye
2006-09-11 22:56:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it is liquid/gas
2015-09-14 05:59:34 · answer #10 · answered by MARO 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋