How exactly does paper burn?

Question

For example, the processs, the amount of heat needed, maybe even a chemical equation if you have one handy. Also ot be more specific as to what kind of paper I'm talking about, just assume that the paper is average loose-leaf paper that you write on.

Answer 1

The same way everything else burns: by rapidly combining with oxygen.

In order for anything to burn, three components must be in place:

1) Fuel. You must have some substance ready to oxidize.
2) Oxygen. Obviously, you have to have oxygen available in order to oxidize something. Some fuels, like gunpowder, contain oxydizers (chemicals that store oxygen), and can provide their own oxygen to sustain the reaction.
3) Heat. Every substance has a "flashpoint", the temperature at which the molecules of that substance become unstable enough to begin oxydizing. In the case of paper, that temperature is 451 degrees Farenheit. (Immortalized in Ray Bradbury'sclassic sci-fi novel "Farenheit 451".)

Paper molecules, like all organic molecules, are made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms. In a burn reaction, these molecules break apart, and the atoms reform into simpler molecules: water vapor, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, etc.

Answer 2

That depends on something called as the kindling temperature.
Which will set the sheet on fire.
Google 4 it.

Answer 3

i think because paper is made out of trees and trees produce oxygen so fire needs oxygen to burn so once the oxygen is burned out the fire outs


that is a guess