Is there fire that doesn't burn?

A cool flame or invisible flame is a flame having maximal temperature below about 400 °C (752 °F). It is usually produced in a chemical reaction of a certain fuel-air mixture. Contrary to conventional flame, the reaction is not vigorous and releases very little heat, light, and carbon dioxide.
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How do you make a fire that won't burn?

To keep a fire burning outside, start by adding good tinder, like newspaper or dry leaves, and kindling, like dried twigs or thin pieces of wood. Then, add dry firewood to keep it going strong. Additionally, make sure your fire has enough ventilation, preferably from all sides.
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Is Cold fire Possible?

It's uncommon on Earth, but it does happen. The differences between "hot" and "cold" varieties are fairly plain: When a cold flame ignites, it might only kick out heat hotter than its surroundings by a few tens of degrees Celsius, while a hot flame spikes the temperature by thousands.
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Does smokeless fire exist?

Yes there are flames that don't produce smoke, but the reasons are complicated and depend on the conditions of the flame as well as the key fuel creating the flame. The obvious example of a smokeless flame is hydrogen.
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Why do some fires not smoke?

They start vaporizing at a temperature of about 300 degrees F (149 degrees Celsius). If the temperature gets high enough, these compounds burst into flame. Once they start burning, there is no smoke because the hydrocarbons are turned into carbon dioxide and water (both invisible) when they burn.
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Can black fire exist?

This is black fire. When you mix a sodium street light or low-pressure sodium lamp with a flame, you'll see a dark flame thanks to the sodium and some excited electrons. “It's strange to think of a flame as dark because as we know flames give out light, but the sodium is absorbing the light from the lamp.
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Is there green fire?

However, you will get green flames if you simply sprinkle copper sulfate on a wood fire or if you use a different fuel, except other chemicals in the fuel may add yellow, orange and red to the flame.
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How hot is blue fire?

Blue flames usually appear at a temperature between 2,600º F and 3,000º F. Blue flames have more oxygen and get hotter because gases burn hotter than organic materials, such as wood. When natural gas is ignited in a stove burner, the gases quickly burn at a very high temperature, yielding mainly blue flames.
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What is Cold fire?

Cold Fire™ is a unique agent that when applied breaks the chemical chain reaction of fire. Cold Fire™ works to encapsulate the fuel source and eliminate the heat of a fire. By encapsulating the fuel source, the vapors of the fuel can no longer be vaporized to cause re-ignition.
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How does an eternal flame work?

Eternal Flame Falls in Chestnut Ridge Park, New York, is what's called a “burning spring.” Fueled by natural gas seeping from the rocks, a flame flickers behind the falls. It ranges from three to eight inches high as the pressure of the gas leak changes. It's just one of many open-air, gas-fed flames around the world.
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Is it possible to create fire with hands?

Quickly bring the lit lighter toward your fist, while simultaneously opening your palm, one finger at a time, starting with the pinkie. Do it quickly. The butane will ignite, burning up quickly, and you'll be able to "control" the fireball by quickly opening your hand to display it. The timing takes some practice.
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What is the coldest fire?

In theory, the coldest possible fire color is black.

That is the fuel is burning, but so little energy is being produced that there's no light being emitted and very little heat too.
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Is white fire real?

When temperatures approach 2,400º F to 2,700º F, flames appear white. You can see these differences for yourself by observing a candle flame or a piece of burning wood. The part of the flame closest to the candle or the wood will usually be white, since the temperature is usually greatest near the fuel source.
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What color is the coldest fire?

Red flames can be from 500 to 800 degrees Celsius, while white flames can be 1,600 C or more. Red flames are generally the coldest, and the deepest reds produce temperatures between 1000 and 1800 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Is purple fire real?

Purple flames come from metal salts, such as potassium and rubidium. It's easy to make purple fire using common household ingredients. Purple is unusual because it's not a color of the spectrum.
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Is there pink fire?

Lithium, Rubidium: Hot Pink

Lithium yields a flame test somewhere between red and purple. It's possible to get a vivid hot pink color, although more muted colors are also possible. It's less red than strontium (below). It's possible to confuse the result with potassium.
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What causes purple fire?

The bright orange of most wood flames is due to the presence of sodium, which, when heated, emits light strongly in the orange. The blue in wood flames comes from carbon and hydrogen, which emit in the blue and violet. Copper compounds make green or blue, lithium makes red.
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What color fire is hottest?

The hottest part of the flame is the base, so this typically burns with a different colour to the outer edges or the rest of the flame body. Blue flames are the hottest, followed by white. After that, yellow, orange and red are the common colours you'll see in most fires.
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What is the hottest fire?

The hottest flame ever produced was at 4990° Celsius. This fire was formed using dicyanoacetylene as fuel and ozone as the oxidizer. Cool fire may also be made. For example, a flame around 120° Celsius may be formed using a regulated air-fuel mixture.
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Can your skin catch on fire?

Skin is difficult to ignite, and usually chars in the presence of heat. It takes up to 10 minutes of direct flame for skin to crack open and start leaking out rendered fat. Even if a horse's body started to leak fat, it would be unlikely to go up in flames on its own.
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Do all fires smoke?

Every fire will create some smoke, but some fires can create a lot more smoke than others. Dark smoke is unpleasant for many reasons: it makes your eyes burn, it can make it hard to breathe, it will make you smell bad, and it can completely ruin a fun fire experience.
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What is a smokeless flame?

A smokeless fire pit burns solid fuel, such as wood logs, charcoal, or wood pellets. Many models can burn multiple fuels, but their air flow and clean out is normally optimized for one specific type of fuel.
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What causes pink smoke?

Covanta reports that the pink and purple smoke may be caused by the burning of iodine present in the waste stream.
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Is lava hotter than fire?

While lava can be as hot as 2200 F, some flames can be much hotter, such as 3600 F or more, while a candle flame can be as low as 1800 F. Lava is hotter than a typical wood or coal-buring fire, but some flames, such as that of an acetylene torch, is hotter than lava.
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