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The moisture within the wood expands and causes tiny "explosions" within the structure of the wood. Think of the phenomenon of corn popping but on a very, very small scale.
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Why does wood crackle when burning?
When wood burns, it crackles b/c the gas vaporises. If too much gas is in the wood, it will cause a small explosion.
How long does it take to age firewood?
You want to age it for several months so that it is dried out. Green wood snaps and crackles, possibly leading to a fire. Also, dry wood burns hotter and longer.
What happen when you burn a wood?
it smokes and crackles
Why does wood crackle when it burns?
The popping noise occurs when air pockets in the wood are released. These air pockets fill narrow passages within the wooden log. Once the fire burns the wood enclosing the air, the air is then released creating a pop like sound. Popping is more common is some kinds of wood then others.
What makes a firecracker pop?
Wood fire crackles and pops because the trapped spaces of air within the wood heat up and expand, creating pressure, while the outer levels of the wood burns slowly away. Eventually, a heated air pocket bursts through the outer level of the wood, causing a crackle or pop.
Which wood burns the best wood from a store or sticks from trees?
wood from a store, because most of the time its dry and dry wood burns the best.
When something wooden has partially burned how do you explain how it cannot be reversed?
When wood burns, the fibrous structure of the wood is lost; even if the chemical reaction could be reversed, the information contained in the physical arrangement of the original wood no longer exists. Wood has a shape, ashes do not.
What burns into ash?
wood
When wood burns in fire what happens to the wood?
it turns into coal
Wood in a fireplace or the ashes in the fireplace after the wood burns has more potential energy?
Wood in a fireplace. When woods burns it gives of heat, a form of energy. Thus the wood has more potential energy.
What are the products when wood burns?
ASH,
How does a fireplace work?
it burns the wood
