0 Question: Why does oxygen support combustion? Keywords: chemistry, heat Asked by darcia18 to PB, Katy on 26 Jun 2013.
Peter Balfe answered on 26 Jun 2013:
Combustion is the oxidisation of a material at speed, so it totally depends on the oxygen to drive it!
Katy commented on 26 Jun 2013:
And if there isn’t much oxygen you get incomplete combustion, which can produce a toxic gas called carbon monoxide.
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And if there isn’t much oxygen you get incomplete combustion, which can produce a toxic gas called carbon monoxide.