2007-03-02 01:49:36 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
What is observed as fire is incandescent (glowing) material that cannot burn any more being carried away as heat from the combustion causes convection currents.
Eventually it cools down far enough that it doesn't glow which is why flames aren't extremely long. So no it can't freeze. The incandescent matter perhaps could, but not the fire itself.
It might have been better to ask this question in the Physics section - it's more physics than chemistry!
2007-03-02 02:05:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't think that fire can freeze.
Fire is a form of energy (well, also matter as given by E=mc^2).
In any case as fire is not something like matter, it will not show physical states and hence you can't freeze it.
Hence as a muggle, I don't think that you can perform a flame-freezing charm
2007-03-02 09:56:33 · answer #2 · answered by arsenick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fire is a type of gasous, exothermic chemical reaction. To reduce the heat would lower the temperature below the activation energy of that reaction, causing it to stop. The temp would be far above any temp that would freeze a gas.
2007-03-02 09:59:18 · answer #3 · answered by Radagast97 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no it can not, think about this for a moment, can water catch fire? no it would only evaporate, as a fire will only be extinguished
2007-03-02 09:54:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
HAHAH What the hell?!?
2007-03-02 12:26:12 · answer #5 · answered by bourgoise_10o 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are you bored?
2007-03-02 09:57:05 · answer #6 · answered by Straight Forward 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋