Do flames burn, or is it the heat produced?
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Well to me it would be the heat that is produced that creates the breakdown of the thing that is being burned. When something is plugged in it is the heat that starts the fire.
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WOW! Hot stuff
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It's actually gases that burn. With a candle for instance, the wax must be heated and vaporized in order to burn.
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well it take three things to produce a fire. Heat, Fuel and Oxygen. If one is missing - NO FIRE. So it would be the fuel that burns. It really is that simple.
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I will try to explain by using a candle as an example: Heat vaporizes the candle wax which floats upwards. When these hot wax molecules meet the oxygen in the air, they react and release a lot of energy. Some of this energy is dissipated as heat and some of is released as light. In this case, blue light. The flame looks orangey-yellow because some of the soot produced does not react with the oxygen, and instead glows orange as it is heated up. So, after all that, it is the Heat that burns you. The flame is just a byproduct of the reaction, which we happen to be able to see because our eyes respond to those wavelengths of light.
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Flame is light energy that is a by product of heat energy from the gases being released from whatever is being burned.
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