Is the campfire you light every summer you go camping actually alive somehow? Also, what state of matter are we looking at when we consider fires?
We know these things:
- Fire cannot be a solid, in science solids are defined by their packed together molecules which are bunched up to keep its shape. Molecules are in a very cool 😎 lattice structure.
- Liquids are piled on top of each other molecularly and move to occupy the space of the container its stored in- always stuck to a floor of a container if its on earth under 1G as long as its not in motion.
- Gas expands to fill the entire volume of a container. It has no definite volume, volume changes depending on temperature and pressure. Particles are very far apart. There is high energy where particles are in constant motion.
The plasma of a star.
- Plasma no definite shape, like gas, it fills its container with charged particles. No definite volume, like a gas it fills its container but with charged particles. Extremely high energy compared to other states of matter.
Fire burning.
Much like a lighter and a star like the sun -though a fire is not quite plasma- but often mistaken for it- a fire is also a incandescent light!
Keep in mind its easy to tell a basic fire is not plasma because it blows out in the breeze, unlike the open flames of the big brother- our sun.
By the way, plasma is what scientists are playing around with in fusion reactors to create nearly free, sustainable energy. However, that's a topic for another blog post.
Goodbye.
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