I really am confused...I can't consider it as liquid though, and it's not even solid, but as I've observed it's not also gas....HELP ME PEEPZ!!!!
2006-09-25 23:38:28 · 11 answers · asked by Grace 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
The ancient Greeks and alchemists thought that fire was an element. They also considered earth, air, and water to be elements. However, the modern definition of an element defines it by the number of protons a pure substance possesses. Fire is made up of many different substances, so it is not an element.
For the most part, fire is a mixture of hot gases. Flames are the result of a chemical reaction, primarily between oxygen in air and a fuel, such as wood or propane. In addition to other products, the reaction produces carbon dioxide, steam, light, and heat. If the flame is hot enough, the gases are ionized and become yet another state of matter: plasma.
2006-09-25 23:43:22 · answer #1 · answered by gurman5us 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would say, although I am not a science man, that it is none of these. It is the product of a chemical reaction. Some might say it is gas, or gases, but I don't think this would be true. If it were, it would mean that daylight is a gas, or gases, whereas it is really the product of the burning of gases on the sun. Not much help perhaps but it seems logical to me.
2006-09-25 23:57:31 · answer #2 · answered by Palamino 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a chemical reaction. Matter (of whatever is being burned or reacted) is being transformed during this process. There are different elements involved in this process and as a result of this reaction you'll also get matter in different states (smoke=gases; ashes=solid; etc.)
2006-09-25 23:46:25 · answer #3 · answered by Sergio__ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think fire is a chemical reaction therefore wouldn't be considered matter. But if you're absolutely sure it is matter, I think it fits best in the gas category.
2006-09-25 23:41:36 · answer #4 · answered by carpediem3000 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Plasma
2016-03-27 10:16:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fire isn't matter. My class covered this during elementary science many years ago.
2006-09-25 23:46:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
frie is some kind of heat(energy) released from something that u burnt n that energy is in the form of light! its does not have a state of matter!
2006-09-25 23:47:10 · answer #7 · answered by Ir Jamie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think Fire is not a matter.
2006-09-25 23:49:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It contains some gasses (the dancing flames), but there's more to it than that.
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/021122.html
2006-09-26 00:22:59 · answer #9 · answered by Asher S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fire is an element...
2006-09-25 23:48:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋