2007-05-23 22:51:19 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Oxygen is an oxidant, not a fuel.
Combustion or burning is a complex sequence of exothermic chemical reactions between a fuel and an oxidant accompanied by the production of heat or both heat and light in the form of either a glow or flames.
In a complete combustion reaction, a compound reacts with an oxidizing element, such as oxygen or fluorine, and the products are compounds of each element in the fuel with the oxidizing element.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combustion
2007-05-23 22:58:58 · answer #1 · answered by jsardi56 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Oxygen Supports Burning
2017-01-15 06:13:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oxygen is highly electronegative and pulls electrons towards it.Say during burning of paraffin candle ,chemical bonds in paraffin are broken with the release of high energy electrons.These are pulled by oxygen. Now during this pull reactants (paraffin) has more potential energy (in bonds) which r released in flame in the form of heat and light (combustion) Thus oxygen supports combustion
2013-09-25 07:39:10 · answer #3 · answered by Harry 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
jsardi is a fuggin genius!
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2007-05-23 23:23:47 · answer #4 · answered by kagerousan 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋