2007-12-16 01:32:38 · 8 answers · asked by stallone4004 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
well depends on what the source of fuel is, If your using a compressed fuel then it will shoot outward, If its a match then it would just fan out as normal
2007-12-16 02:58:48 · answer #1 · answered by SPACEGUY 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It burns outward in all directions, like a sparkler.
Edit: You're talking about something like a match or a candle, right?
Edit: now that I have seen some of the images linked here, I am surprised. I suppose when you light a match, it would flare out like I described, but as the flame settles down, it looks like the blue portion really dominates most of these flames. Fascinating. And faesson's comment about burning out due to an excess of CO2 is also amazing. I can absolutely see how that would happen. In fact, that's probably why most of these flames looked so blue when they were photographed. They were burning out...quickly.
2007-12-16 01:50:50 · answer #2 · answered by Brant 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the flame is quite a bit different. Fire behaves differently in space and microgravity than on Earth.
A microgravity flame forms a sphere surrounding the wick. Diffusion feeds the flame with oxygen and allows carbon dioxide to move away from the point of combustion
2007-12-23 21:35:09 · answer #3 · answered by Samuel J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My guess is it would travel at the same velocity as the fuel is being pumped... So if you had a tube with some gas, and somehow managed to light the end, the flame would travel whichever way the gas was.
2007-12-16 01:41:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Candles DO burn in zero gravity; it's been done on Skylab and Mir both (that I know of). In fact, I remember seeing the Skylab video of this experiment way back when. It was kind of a bust becase the flame is small and nearly colorless - but it did burn.
Here's a nice article describing zero-gravity flames:
2007-12-16 01:57:43 · answer #5 · answered by jgoulden 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The flame (if there was one) would follow the flow of the stream of oxygen gas.
2007-12-16 01:50:24 · answer #6 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it makes a little globe of flame that quickly goes out if you dont move it. the CO2 accumulates from the inside out choking the flame.
2007-12-16 02:15:26 · answer #7 · answered by Faesson 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this was one of the niftiest things I ever found on the web, thanks to someone here....
http://images.google.com/images?q=candle+burn+in+zero+gravity&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi
2007-12-16 02:09:02 · answer #8 · answered by meanolmaw 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋