2006-10-20 00:43:38 · 8 answers · asked by hicapaul 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Fire has no shape but its shape that it appears to take is something comared to water and gas water and gas takes the shape of its container same as fire
2006-10-20 00:52:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fire has no shape ... that is why it is oft times referred to as dancing.. Some refer to fire as purely energy? It is definitely NOT.... The dancing flames are glowing gas
It is NOT a separate entity.. which I am not sure what that means anyway....I have often heard that fire can be ionized and/or that is is affected by magnetism.. This also is not true but is true of plasma, which is ionized (and thus electromagnetically reactive) gas, often described as the fourth state of matter. You see it in welding arcs, lightning bolts, and the sun. Ordinary fire isn't plasma.
2006-10-20 08:58:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no true shape of fire.
Let wind and constituents of fire decide the variable shape of fire.
(Fire is a phenomenon of combustion manifested in intense heat and light in the form of a glow or flames. The word fire when used with an indefinite article is commonly used to describe either a fuel in a state of combustion (such as a campfire or a fire in a fireplace or kitchen stove) or an instance of violent, destructive and uncontrolled burning (such as a wildfire and fires in buildings and vehicles). Since its discovery by humans, fire has been considered one of the most powerful, and important elements in the progression of humankind.)
2006-10-20 10:26:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the true shape of a flame is round; a perfect sphere around that which fuels the fire.
the flame you see is actually a ball of hot gas (plasma, if you will) that glows and expands radially. there is a transition point at which it stops expanding because it becomes too cool further away from the fuel source.
however flames as WE see them are sharp and always point to the sky. this is because the heat from the flame raises the temperature of the surrounding air, causing it to rise and pull the flame up with it. this is why a candle flame is shaped the way it is shaped.
in space, where there is no gravity (hot air will not rise in zero gravity), a candle flame is a perfect sphere, much like a star.
2006-10-20 08:38:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everything in nature has a shape,but its shape is continually changing
2013-09-22 09:27:56 · answer #5 · answered by eminer3033 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lay off the weed
2006-10-20 07:49:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's a process, not an entity, and processes have no inherent shape.
2006-10-20 07:45:22 · answer #7 · answered by wild_eep 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dr Greg's answer is great :-)
2006-10-20 09:01:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋