• Question: What would happen if you put a lit match into a canister of liquid oxygen?

    Asked by 866smap42 to Sheila, Piyush, Natalia, Gary, Dimitar on 6 Nov 2018.
    • Photo: Dimitar Shterionov

      Dimitar Shterionov answered on 6 Nov 2018:

      Carbohydrates, like wood, burns in oxygen. The more oxygen – the faster and more powerful the fire. So, if you put a lit match into liquid oxygen it will burn much faster and in a more powerful way.

    • Photo: Gary Munnelly

      Gary Munnelly answered on 6 Nov 2018:

      I want to add a video of scientists in the University of Nottingham putting hot coals in liquid oxygen to Dimitar’s answer, because I think it’s cool:

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