The Chemistry of Fire

What is fire? What is fire made of and how does it work? Here, we look at the inner workings of fire, blue flames, yellow flames and wood fires. If you have something to say about fire, chemistry, or science in general, post it in the comments.

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Three Twentysix Project Leader: Dr Andrew Robertson
Editor: Purple Saptari
3D Animations: Es Hiranpakorn
Graphic Design: Maria Sucianto
Media: Diyon Weeratunga

Chapters:
0:00 What is Fire?
0:25 Combustion Reaction
1:11 Bunsen Burner
2:22 Activation Energy
4:05 Products
5:04 Sequences of Reactions
6:20 Blue Flame
7:30 Yellow Flame
12:20 Liquid Flame
13:38 Candle Flame
14:45 Wood Fire
20:05 Are We Fire?

This video was produced at Kyushu University and supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP21K02904. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Kyushu University, JSPS or MEXT.

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