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To: babygene

Nope.

Basic inorganic chemistry.

Fuels oxidize (rapidly) to create heat and sometimes visible flame to make fire ... By combining the fuel with an oxygen atom.

Oxygen NEVER “burns” in a chemical reaction.


22 posted on 10/29/2015 8:23:10 PM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: Blueflag

“Oxygen NEVER “burns” in a chemical reaction.”

Sounds like you are suggesting that the oxygen is just a catalyst. It isn’t so... As in the simplest case of hydrogen and oxygen, both elements are consumed to produce h2o. After the reaction, we neither have oxygen or hydrogen, just water.


26 posted on 10/29/2015 8:36:56 PM PDT by babygene (Make America Great Again)
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To: Blueflag

Correct, it supports combustion.

Reminds me of the old days with the oxy-acetylene torch on the other end of a lit cigarette. Also the Apollo 1 disaster.


32 posted on 10/29/2015 9:30:04 PM PDT by headstamp 2
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