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No, oxygen is an oxidizer. Combustion reactions are oxidation-reduction reactions. The reaction could not happen without the oxidizer, but oxygen cannot be considered the fuel. The fuel is the compound which is being oxidized: i.e. Carbon oxidized to carbon dioxide.
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The key elements for a fire?
Fuel, Oxygen and Heat Fuel, Oxygen and Heat Fuel, Oxygen and Heat
What three things do you need to make a fire?
Fuel, oxygen and heat or an ignition source are the components needed for a fire.
Can you start a fire in space?
Burning requires a flammable material and oxygen as well as a heat source. Rocket fuel will burn in space because it contains its own oxygen. Applying a heat source will ignite rocket fuel. A fuel such as gasoline will not burn in space as there is no oxygen present.
What waste product of photosynthesis is released to the environment?
It is the gas oxygen. It produced by photolysis of water
When fuels burn which gas is formed and why?
When fuels burn, a combustion reaction is observed. This means that the fuel, which is made predominantly from carbon and hydrogen is heated in the presence of oxygen. If there is sufficient oxygen, you will have carbon dioxide and water produced. This is called complete combustion. When there is insufficient amounts of oxygen, the fuel cannot burn to completion, so you will get carbon dioxide, carbon, and/or carbon monoxide; and of course, water. This is called incomplete combustion. So to sum up your answer, when burnt with enough oxygen present, the gas that is formed will be carbon dioxide. If there is insufficient oxygen, then you will get carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. Carbon is not included as it is a solid, not a gas. This is a chemical change and it happens because the reactants (fuel and oxygen) become excited when reacted with each other and the atoms rearrange themselves to form a new product.
What product do you need when a fuel burns?
Oxygen
What is the product of fossil fuel and oxygen gas?
carbon dioxide + water + heat
What is the waste product of fuel cells?
In a normal hydrogen oxygen fuel cell, the waste products are water, and heat
What product is made from oxygen?
Oxygen is one of the compounds that together form air, carbon dioxide, ozone, water, rocket fuel etc.
What is the waste product of cells?
In a normal hydrogen oxygen fuel cell, the waste products are water, and heat
Why is carbon monoxide present in car exhausts?
It is the burnt product after the oxygen and fuel are mixed and used to power the engine.
Hydrocarbon and oxygen equals?
Nothing unless you have something to ignite the fuel. The oxygen makes a fire when combine with an ignition.* The fuel keeps a fire going, when the fuel discinigrates, then there is no more fire. *Usually an ignition is a spark.
The key elements for a fire?
Fuel, Oxygen and Heat Fuel, Oxygen and Heat Fuel, Oxygen and Heat
What product are obtained from trees?
oxygen,wood,fuel,fruits,paper,flowers ,starch ,medicine ,oil,rubber ,fibre,fodder
What do your lungs fuel your bodies with?
Lungs provide the body with oxygen. Oxygen is not exactly a fuel, but oxygen is necessary in order to burn fuel. Fuel for the body comes in the form of food, and oxygen is necessary to metabolize the food.
The 3 words in a fire triangle?
heat oxygen fuel heat oxygen fuel
What are the requirments for combustion?
energy(fuel), oxygen and heat
