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The science behind striking a match
combustion Antoine Lavoisier Sir Humphry Davy Bunsen burner explosion limits
How is air quality measured?
combustion: stages Bunsen burner flame test explosion
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The science behind striking a match
Learn about the chemistry of lighting a match.
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How is air quality measured?
Even something as simple as breathing can get complicated.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Understanding chemical reactions through combustion
Description of chemical reactions.
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How a candle flame burns
Exploring why candle flames burn.
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combustion
Fire resulting from the combustion of a fuel.
Einar Helland Berger
Antoine Lavoisier
French chemist Antoine Lavoisier (1743–94) at work in his laboratory.
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Sir Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry Davy, engraving by E. Scriven after a painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Bunsen burner
Bunsen burner in a laboratory.
© Ggw1962/Dreamstime.com
explosion limits
Figure 1: Explosion limits of a hydrogen-oxygen mixture.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
combustion: stages
Stages of the combustion process.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Bunsen burner flame
Figure 2: Cone of a Bunsen burner flame.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
test explosion
A test explosion at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, June 27, 1985.
Defense Nuclear Agency
internal-combustion engine
Internal-combustion engine of an automobile.
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launch
A Boeing Delta IV Medium+ rocket launching the GOES-N weather satellite into space,...
Carleton Bailie/NASA
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