Friday, November 19, 2010

Combustion

Definition:
Combustion is the sequence of exothermic chemical reaction between a fuel and an oxidant associate with by the production of heat and conversion of chemical species.

A simple example of combustion of hydrogen and oxygen, which is usually used in rocket engines:
2 H2 + O2 → 2 H2O(g) + heat
The eventuality is water vapor.

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