What gas do you think causes a glowing splint to burn?

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What gas do you think causes a glowing splint to burn?

2006-10-08 12:44:10 · 4 answers · asked by angys51 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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Oxygen, of course, since you already have fuel in the splint and you already have heat, since it's glowing.

2006-10-08 12:45:47 · answer #1 · answered by arbiter007 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋

Oxygen

2006-10-08 19:45:57 · answer #2 · answered by iMacThere4iAm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Um... .Oxygen?

Unless you have some sort of methan blaster hidden in there... EVERYTHING uses oxygen to burn... it is an essential gas in the combustion process.

2006-10-08 19:46:42 · answer #3 · answered by John H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Anything that burns requires oxygen

2006-10-08 20:51:17 · answer #4 · answered by The Cheminator 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋