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How does fire react in zero gravity. When I was lighting my candle last night I was thinking about if the flame on your candle would react in the same manor if it where lit and how it would burn in zero gavity for example on the international space station?
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Asked by Rowan87
on 2009-08-17 02:57:39

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Last edited on: 2009-08-22 03:19:51

Categories: Domestic Science.

Tags: unanswered, environment, domesticscience, fire, Space.

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Reply	malk0me says: Convection in a micro-gravity environment works differently than on Earth. Instead of the hot air nearest the flame rising upward making space for the cold air to come in and feed the flame, the hot air expands uniformly pushing the cold air away. Essentially the flame will burn itself out since there is no fresh air available to make it burn. More info: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuFftT6ZR4k (1 vote) average rating:4 Tags: environment, domesticscience, fire, Space.
	posted on 2009-09-09 19:58:24 \| Report abuse

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