/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.11567653]

Is fire a solid or a gas?

[Anonymous No.11567656]

Fire is a plasma.

[Anonymous No.11567670]

>>11567656
I would say that fire isn't ionized enough to call it a plasma. Compare it to some microwave plasma, totally different

[Anonymous No.11567733]

>>11567656
This is the most correct answer so far. The universe is electric!

[Anonymous No.11567762]

Fire is hot

[Anonymous No.11567763]

>>11567733
>fire is electricity

[Anonymous No.11567766]

>>11567653
Neither, retard.

[Anonymous No.11567807]

What you mean to ask is, "What state of matter is flame?" Fire is the reaction that causes flame.

And the correct answer is it's gas. It's not plasma per some popsci fags in this thread. It glows because of temperature and blockbody radiation like anything else.

[Anonymous No.11567814]

Fire is a form of liquid retard

[Anonymous No.11567832]

Fire is your mom. My dick is the oxygen.

[Anonymous No.11567842]

>>11567807
>fire is a gas
>fire can be found on the periodic table

[Anonymous No.11567846]

>>11567653
Fire is one of the five elements- Fire, Air, Water, Earth and Spirit

[Anonymous No.11567847]

>>11567653
It's usually gas hot enough to glow.
Plasma if even hotter.

[Anonymous No.11567855]

>>11567846
Alright we have the correct answer OP kill the thread

[Anonymous No.11567858]

>>11567842
>water is a liquid
>water can be found on the periodic table

[Anonymous No.11567864]

>>11567842
>fire can be found on the periodic table
who the fuck are you quoting you piece of shit
fucking retards plague this board

[Anonymous No.11567866]

>>11567807
>>11567847
>Anons literally think this is gas

[Anonymous No.11567868]

>>11567858
Oxygen and hydrogen are both found on the periodic table. Fire is not.

[Anonymous No.11567877]

>>11567653
Fire is a chemical reaction but it's a gas both before and after since what gets ignited is the vapors from liquids that evaporate quickly and gets turned into some carbon product(co2, co) + something else both in gas forms.

[Anonymous No.11567878]

>>11567864
>anon thinks gas is made of non-elements that don't appear on the periodic table

[Anonymous No.11567883]

>>11567842
>The flame is the visible portion of the fire. Flames consist primarily of carbon dioxide, water vapor, oxygen and nitrogen. If hot enough, the gases may become ionized to produce plasma.[3]
from wikipedia

[Anonymous No.11567887]

>>11567877
>>11567878
Fire consist primarily of carbon dioxide, water vapor, oxygen, and nitrogen. If its hot enough the atoms get ionized and then it could become a plasma.

[Anonymous No.11567895]

>>11567883
>>11567887
>fire is actually water

[Anonymous No.11567903]

>>11567656
It's the atoms surrounding the oxidation spot that are emitting light due to the heat released by the oxidation spot.

[Anonymous No.11567982]

>>11567842
>implying implications
Image imagining imagination

[Anonymous No.11568044]

>>11567982
>anon says fire isn't a plasma it's a gas
>another anon states gases can be found on the periodic table
>HURR DURRR IMBLYING

Great response.

[Anonymous No.11568134]

>>11567656
No, fire is almost entirely hot gas. Some small percentage of it may ionise in a hot flame, but fire is by and large hot gas, not plasma.

[Anonymous No.11568155]

Fire is sold. Like your mom's dick.

[Anonymous No.11568160]

>>11567842
gr8 b8 m8

[Anonymous No.11568167]

>>11568044
anon, I know you're trolling but it's really tiring.

[Anonymous No.11568191]

>>11567895
kek

[Anonymous No.11568710]

>>11568167
Tiring because fire doesn't fit neither 'gas' nor 'plasma' classifications but /sci/ doesn't like to admit it?

[Anonymous No.11568772]

>>11568710
>complete nonsense
wat? Fire perfectly fits into the definition of a gas, and plasma in some cases. Because it's glowing hot psueds lose their minds and think it's some kind of magic.

[Anonymous No.11570322]

>>11567858
>>water can be found on the periodic table

[Anonymous No.11570339]

Flame is the exhaust of fire. Fire is the reaction, flame is one of the outputs. Sometimes the flame or parts of it are hot enough that it is a plasma but usually it's just a gas. The flame is visible because of blackbody radiation.

[Anonymous No.11570350]

>>11570339
What causes flames to have different colors? I understand that it's impurities, but why exactly are they sometimes blue, green etc.?

[Anonymous No.11570376]

>>11570350
different materials having different wavelenghts of light when they burn. for example, the flame from paraffinoil is not visible for the human eye.

[Anonymous No.11570388]

>>11567864
>Board
Subreddit you mean retard. What does a board mean?

[Anonymous No.11571201]

>>11567733
>Electric universe
Why do I even come here

[Anonymous No.11571284]

>>11567653
Fire is a process that achieves a state. When you burn something you put it through oxidation, some things show visible flames, some things do not

[Anonymous No.11571538]

>NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Anonymous No.11571993]

>>11567653
Neither. Fire is a process. I think you mean flame, which is plasma.

[Anonymous No.11572003]

>>11571201
To learn and improve your knowledge, probably. But you're afraid of going outside your comfort zone, and afraid to experience cognitive dissonance against what you've been taught by institutionalized academia.

There's no need to be afraid. Truth can't hurt you. There's nothing to fear.

[Anonymous No.11572081]

>>11567807
>It glows because of temperature and blockbody radiation like anything else.
What about how different chemicals burn different colors because of different electronic transitions?

[Anonymous No.11572085]

>>11567895
Based and Thalespilled

[Anonymous No.11572103]

>>11567653
Aerosol.

[Anonymous No.11572149]

>>11567656
This is not entirely correct. You can have very hot (>10,000K) flames that are plasma-like, but a camp fire is primarily just hot gas releasing black body radiation.