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Yes, it's flammable (2) 29%
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No, things that are considered "flammable" cause fire therefore fire is not flammable (5) 71%
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Just like the popular question "is water wet?"
Is fire flammable?
Is fire flammable? [SERIOUS QUESTION]
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Fire can cause more fire so yes.
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Can something already inflamed be flammable?
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Fire can cause more fire so yes.
Wait but wouldn't it be spreading to flammable things therefore the fire itself isn't flammable?
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Rainbowlicious
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In your example the wood is flammable, not the fire.
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Fire is flammable because if you add fire to fire the fire gets larger.
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Fire isn't matter so it isn't flammable
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Fire is flammable because if you add fire to fire the fire gets larger.
There is no possible way to add fire to fire, without adding something flammable to it at the same time.
This is different from the water debate because water is a substance by itself. Fire is not a substance. Fire is always attached to something else that is burning (ex. wood, oxygen, etc)
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I researched it and it said it's because of the oxygen molecules that is causing the fire to spread faster and combustion reaction is fire. I don't think fire builds up upon itself...
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Fire isn't matter so it isn't flammable
Wait but I think that the heat and light that it gives off is thermal energy which isn't matter.
I researched it and it said that fire is a mix of gases so wouldn't that mean fire is matter? I don't think it's completely thermal and light energy...
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Wait but I think that the heat and light that it gives off is thermal energy which isn't matter.
I researched it and it said that fire is a mix of gases so wouldn't that mean fire is matter? I don't think it's completely thermal and light energy...
Sort of. Fire is technically a form of matter, it's a type of plasma. But that's the technical definition. The mix of gases you're talking about is what the combustion reaction is converting the substance that is burning into. That's how we get smoke from wood, is the "fire" reaction is breaking down the wood and oxygen in the area in smoke gases. It's just doing it very quickly and violently, which is also emitting light and thermal energy.
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Wait but I think that the heat and light that it gives off is thermal energy which isn't matter.
I researched it and it said that fire is a mix of gases so wouldn't that mean fire is matter? I don't think it's completely thermal and light energy...
Fire is combustion, not the matter being burned.
If you consider the matter fire, then of course it's flammable, it's on fire.
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Sort of. Fire is technically a form of matter, it's a type of plasma. But that's the technical definition. The mix of gases you're talking about is what the combustion reaction is converting the substance that is burning into. That's how we get smoke from wood, is the "fire" reaction is breaking down the wood and oxygen in the area in smoke gases. It's just doing it very quickly and violently, which is also emitting light and thermal energy.
Oh...I see.
Why do you know so much about fire?
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I was a certified fire marshal for my unit in the Army. I had to take tests on it, and safety measures.
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I vaguely remember one of my science teachers answering this. I feel like there's something about flammability being about how easy something is to catch on fire, but since fire is already on fire it can't catch fire.
I also remember something about how fire is just a chemical reaction like light, but flames cause it to be visible to us (since things can burn on different spectrums (like ethanol can often look invisible when ignited). You're not actually seeing fire per say, just the changing state of whatever is burning.
Note: It's been a long, long time since I was in a science class so it's very likely I'm talking about of my rear.
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