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- You just need an even stronger oxidizer than oxygen. There aren't many of them, but fluorine will work, 2FX2 +2HX2O ⟶ 4HF +OX2 F X + H X O ⟶ H F + O X as will chlorine trifluoride: ClFX3 +2HX2O ⟶ 3HF +HCl +OX2 C l F X + H X O ⟶ H F + H C l + O X
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Oct 19, 2023 · For anything to burn, you basically need two things – a fuel (like a piece of paper, a log of wood etc.) to burn and an oxidizer (oxygen gas is the primary oxidizer in Earth’s atmosphere). You also need one more thing – heat (ignition temperature) – to kickstart the process of combustion.
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Jan 24, 2019 · When magnesium burns in water, the magnesium is being oxidized because the magnesium takes (binds with) the oxygen from the water molecules. This causes the release of hydrogen gas, which would/could burn in air (air is about 1/5 oxygen, 4/5 nitrogen) to form water again.
Hydrogen is flammable, but oxygen is not. Flammability is the ability of a combustible material with an adequate supply of oxygen (or another oxidiser) to sustain enough heat energy to keep a fire going after it has been ignited.
Jun 26, 2023 · Fire requires three things to keep it going: fuel, oxygen and a heat source. Rather than fight the fire directly, the water acts on the fuel. Water actually makes it harder for the fuel —...
Dec 6, 2016 · The water cools the combustible material and also helps stop the fuel come into contact with the air, the oxygen, which is the thing that sustains the fire... But, as you well know, we don't just use water to put out fires...
Using extremely strong oxidizers water can, and will, burn. Some persulfates , dioxygen difluoride and other extremely powerful oxidizers will undergo a exothermic redox reaction (combustion) with water. For example dioxygen difluoride violently oxidizes ice at 130-140K (see citation).
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Jun 16, 2020 · It’s easy to demonstrate making water from hydrogen and oxygen. The key is to keep the scale of the reaction small. Otherwise, too much heat is produced. One method is to bubble hydrogen up through soapy water to form hydrogen soap bubbles. These bubbles float because they are lighter than air.
