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Does a combustion reaction always need to have an organic compound and oxygen gas as the reactants and water and Carbon dioxide as the product?

Does a combustion reaction always need to have an organic compound and oxygen gas as the reactants and water and Carbon dioxide as the product?


Does a combustion reaction always need to have an organic compound and oxygen gas as the reactants and water and Carbon dioxide as the product?

Posted: 13 Oct 2021 03:51 AM PDT

What if there's no organic compound present in the reaction? Is that considered already as not a combustion reaction?

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How did a Space Rocket take off again from the surface of Moon?

Posted: 13 Oct 2021 01:22 AM PDT

I have seen many times in movies and other documentaries that when a space shuttle gets out of our atmosphere its propellers get detached and after flying for some time, it lands somewhere safely (Consider Moon). Now the question that has been troubling me is that if the rocket has no propulsion system to take off from the surface of moon then how does the rocket escape the Surface of Moon and how does it come back to Earth?
(btw my first language is not English, so sorry if I said anything wrong)

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What would happen if we removed too much CO2 from the atmosphere? How much would be too much?

Posted: 12 Oct 2021 07:20 AM PDT

Earth is a very fragile ecosystem and everything is about balance. One relatively minor event (on a planetary scale) can drastically alter our climate for countless years. We're starting to see this with global warming.

Carbon capture is currently possible, however at the moment it's prohibitively expensive and not used very much. What would happen if we were started being carbon negative? Would we see an initial reversal in climate change to where we were pre-industrial revolution? What would happen if we kept going after that though? Would we have a slow global cooling?

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When thermal energy, and kinetic energy, is transfered, is there a particle that actually moves between substances? Does it have a name, like how Light is made up of photons?

Posted: 12 Oct 2021 09:56 AM PDT

Ask Anything Wednesday - Physics, Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Science

Posted: 13 Oct 2021 07:00 AM PDT

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How do scientists know where radio waves from space come from?

Posted: 12 Oct 2021 09:13 AM PDT

Recently read about scientists detecting radio waves from the centre of the Milky Way and it got me wondering, how do they know it was from there? It's probably an obvious answer but I can't find a direct one for it.

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Can you see a black hole accretion disk with the naked eye?

Posted: 12 Oct 2021 02:18 PM PDT

If you would be close to a black hole could you see with the naked eye some sort of accretion disk?

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Are all surfactants amphiphilic?

Posted: 12 Oct 2021 05:01 PM PDT

how do gas stations/fuel stockpiles keep fuel fresh without it going bad?

Posted: 12 Oct 2021 02:39 AM PDT

Okay, Question here, gasoline can be stored up to 6 months if done correctly, diesel 3 months, you can add stuff to the fuel to stop it for about a year, that i know, but what about the GIANT fuel stockpiles.. they literally stockpile fuel for years?! How? Like the gasoline breaks down and looses it's combustible properties, Diesel turns into a goop when stored to long, what's the science behind the long term storage of fuel, bc I've searched around and only found that adding chemicals, but that for private use "long term" storage, I'm talking about gas stations that have fuel in the tanks for 4-8 years at a time, fuel stockpiles that have it indefinitely until used

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Does 98 octane petrol means it is more polluting?

Posted: 12 Oct 2021 03:28 AM PDT

Was reading a news paper article. The writer mentions that 98 octane petrol is more polluting. I wonder if there is any correlation between octane level and pollution.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/spc-bucks-trend-as-pump-prices-in-spore-climb-to-new-highs

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If Olfaction relies on small particles coming into contact with receptors in an olfactory organ - how can Sharks "smell blood" from up to a mile away?

Posted: 11 Oct 2021 09:23 PM PDT

The title pretty much explains the question.

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