Thread: What is fire?

It's solidic gas in a plasmatic liquidity.

Originally Posted by maniclion

It's solidic gas in a plasmatic liquidity.

So can I freeze it?

or maybe it's a gaseous liquid emmiting the properties of solidified plasma?

Originally Posted by maniclion

or maybe it's a gaseous liquid emmiting the properties of solidified plasma?

I don´t know, I looked for fire physics and I can´t find it anywhere. Books or the internet.

Originally Posted by Vieope

So can I freeze it?

Can you take a picture of it?

Well it is something but it seems all the same. I know that some substances change the color of fire but what is it? Is it rapid transformation of solid to gas? What happens to fire after it is burned? Where does it go?

Originally Posted by maniclion

Can you take a picture of it?

Ice cube of fire? Sure

Fire is glowing gas.

Originally Posted by maniclion

Fire is glowing gas.

Hey I like that definition.
Have you ever noticed it is the only type of matter that doesn´t follow the laws of gravity? It always go up. It should go down since there are more oxygen on lower altitudes and the gravity thing.

Fire is not matter, it's a state of matter, heated gases, a chemical change. Fire goes to the area of lower pressure.

http://microgravity.grc.nasa.gov/com...collection.htm in space it forms a sphere on a candle wick.

Originally Posted by maniclion

Fire is not matter, it's a state of matter, heated gases, a chemical change. Fire goes to the area of lower pressure.

http://microgravity.grc.nasa.gov/com...collection.htm in space it forms a sphere on a candle wick.

That is pretty neat about fire in microgravity. Did you see how nice is this video?
http://microgravity.grc.nasa.gov/com...ere1_broad.wmv

Thanks

Look how people with no sex life get excited easily.

http://microgravity.grc.nasa.gov/com...r_vid_only.wmv

Originally Posted by Vieope

Look how people with no sex life get excited easily.

http://microgravity.grc.nasa.gov/com...r_vid_only.wmv

OOOOhhhh that's interestin'.....Loook look look look, See how it flares out every little bit?

It always puzzled me how we call blue a cool color and orange a warm color when it comes to fire the opposite is blue is hotter than orange.

Originally Posted by maniclion

It always puzzled me how we call blue a cool color and orange a warm color when it comes to fire the opposite is blue is hotter than orange.

Are you sure? Why the Sun is not blue then?

The color of stars largely depends on their temperature. The amount of light they emit is proportional to the fourth power of their temperatures ranging from about 5,432 degrees to over 54,032 degrees! Stars with lower temperatures emit mostly long wavelength of light and appear reddish. Those with much higher temperatures emit more short wavelengths and appear blue.

Our Sun has a surface temperature of 5780 K, which corresponds to a peak wavelength of 500 nm, a green-blue color (we see it yellow because of the Earth's atmosphere). Some stars, called white dwarfs, are the end of their lives and can reach temperatures of 100,000 K.

fire is what happens when really good music chases away blue....

Originally Posted by maniclion

The color of stars largely depends on their temperature.

I thought it was because of what chemicals they were made.

Originally Posted by maniclion

(we see it yellow because of the Earth's atmosphere)

I don´t agree with that part though since I have seen many pictures from Hubble and other space telescopes and it is yellow.
One interesting question that always puzzled me but actually I never looked into it is how does the Sun always burn? It is always burning for billions of years, in order for something to burn, oxygen must exist. Where does all this oxygen come from?

this is a really good thread.... keep it going.

Originally Posted by rockgazer69

this is a really good thread.... keep it going.

Do you see Manic? The Sun ( ) is laughing at you because you can´t figure out the answer.

maybe things that are beyond reason lay in the hands of gods....

Originally Posted by rockgazer69

maybe things that are beyond reason lay in the hands of gods....

blue bunny god

Originally Posted by Vieope

I was trying to make a nice smile temple of the Sun, making fun of the old relatives of Manic that lived in Hawai and thought that the Sun was God. I guess it didn´t come out very obvious.

Originally Posted by rockgazer69

blue bunny god

So I am batbunny god at night.

hmmm all gods eventually end up portrayed on the root of all evil. how ironic.

Did you know that radio waves are light and could be seen if we had the eyes for it?

The stars burn Hydrogen, helium or whatever stage they are in the temperature of the chemical reactions of each element cause a wavelength to give off different light, why do welders use blue flames instead of bright red?

of course how we worship our gods varies