What Happens To Fire In Microgravity Environments?
What Happens To Fire In Microgravity Environments?
Apr 3, 2024
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Fire behaves very differently in microgravity — and this ISS experiment shows it beautifully. 🔵 With no “up” in 0g, hot gases don’t rise, so the flame becomes a perfect sphere. Combustion completes more cleanly, giving the flame its blue color. When you see sudden orange patches, that’s soot forming — a brief moment of incomplete burning, similar to flames on Earth. As the droplet burns, tiny asymmetries push it gently through the air until the fuel is gone and the flame silently disappears. |
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Slow-motion fire experiment in microgravity done by dropping a box with a GoPro and candle inside. Physics Girl tests a candle in free-fall. Support Dianna during her recovery at patreon.com/physicsgirl http://physicsgirl.org/ ‪http://twitter.com/thephysicsgirl ‪http://facebook.com/thephysicsgirl ‪http://instagram.com/thephysicsgirl Check out Dan Walsh’s incredible mathematical art here: http://danielwalsh.tumblr.com/tableofcontents Check out Kyle Kitzmiller’s work here: http://ziplaunchpad.sdsu
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Flame Burns Out on NASA’s Long-Running Spacecraft Fire Experiment
Flame Burns Out on NASA’s Long-Running Spacecraft Fire Experiment
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