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To: Blueflag

Oxygen and some type of hydrocarbon are combined in an exothermic reaction.

The end products are various oxides and heat.


60 posted on 10/30/2015 5:01:33 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

Not always a hydrocarbon. That’s a Class A or Class B fire. Class D fires are burning metals like Aluminum and Magnesium.


76 posted on 10/31/2015 4:16:16 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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