combustion
(noun)
A process where two chemicals are combined to produce heat.
Examples of combustion in the following topics:
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Detonation Waves
- One could have either a release of energy through the shock (like combustion) or a consumption of energy (like ionization).
- This special situation often arises when the combustion itself creates the shock.
- The detonation adiabat below the Jouguet point $E$ cannot be reached if the combustion begins after the gas is compressed.
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Solving Problems with Calorimetry
- A different type of calorimeter that operates at constant volume, colloquially known as a bomb calorimeter, is used to measure the energy produced by reactions that yield large amounts of heat and gaseous products, such as combustion reactions.
- Explain a bomb calorimeter is used to measure heat evolved in a combustion reaction
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Electric Generators
- Possible sources of mechanical energy include: a reciprocating or turbine steam engine , water falling through a turbine or waterwheel, an internal combustion engine, a wind turbine, a hand crank, compressed air, or any other source of mechanical energy.
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Energy Transformations
- For example, an internal combustion engine converts the potential chemical energy in gasoline and oxygen into heat energy.
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Calorimetry
- A simple calorimeter just consists of a thermometer attached to a metal container full of water suspended above a combustion chamber.