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Offline borg

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Combustion of gases...
« on: January 09, 2007, 02:05:24 PM »
Does anyone know where I could find a table that lists the combustion properties of gases?

I need to design an experiment to find the identity of unknown gases, and I want to light the gases, but I am not sure what they are all suppose to do. The specific gases are nitrogen, oxygen, argon, carbon dioxide, helium, methane, and hydrogen. I would like to know what they do when they are lit, for example I know hydrogen will pop, but I'm not sure about the others.

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Re: Combustion of gases...
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2007, 03:20:46 PM »
What do you know about the reactivities of some of these gasses?  Here are some more hints:  one gas is a main component of air (which is luckily not very flamable), one is used in some fire extinguishers, and one is also known as natural gas (the kind used in bunsen burners and stove tops).  The best hint is to look up the gasses in wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org).

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Re: Combustion of gases...
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2007, 02:33:18 AM »
It will be interesting to see how you set up your experiment. For instance hydrogen will not go pop as in the classic demonstration if there is no oxygen.

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