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Isn't fire kind of weird? Everything in this universe can be classified as either solid, liquid or gas, but fire is its own thing. The only other material that is like this is antimatter.

>> No.15360882

>>15360864
You forgot the fourth state of matter, which fire is a part of. Go back to school anon.

>> No.15361055

>>15360882
Not op but this did open my eyes. Cant believe i never drew those parallels before.

>> No.15365938

>>15360882
Came here to post this. Bump for knowledge l.

>> No.15365941

>>15360864
>Everything in this universe can be classified as either solid, liquid or gas
There are a lot of other phases of matter that exist. A commonly known one is plasma.

>but fire is its own thing
Fire isn't quite the same thing as a phase of matter since it is nonequilibrium process (it is something changing)

>The only other material that is like this is antimatter
Antimatter isn't anything like fire, and it also isn't a phase of matter.

>> No.15365946

fire is a mixture of a few things. mostly hot gasses and soot. apparently if it gets hot enough it can contain plasma but cooler fires are just incandescent

>> No.15365983

>>15365946
THE ACTION LAB! The greatest child-like-wonder on the internet.

https://youtu.be/DnSRbnvm798

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>>15360864
>fire is its own thing
Nope. It's a gas. It just happens to be hot enough to glow in the visible spectrum.

>> No.15366112

>>15360882
>>15365938
Most ordinary fire that you see is not plasma.

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>> No.15366498

>>15360864
LMAO

>> No.15366509

>>15360864
For me it's the philosophical quandary of what constitutes "life."
Living things can be defined by their consumption of energy to extend their life and reproduce. Doesn't fire meet this definition?

>> No.15366648

What you describe as fire is mostly the black body radiation of soot. Mixed with the florescence of CH3 radicals (the blue part).
If no soot is generated during the burning process, i.e. when burning pure hydrogen, the flame is invisible.

>> No.15366703

>>15360864
It's chemical, and no it's not wierd.