eli5: explain invisible fire.

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In a petrochemical industry seminar, a guy told about invisible fire (only heat can be felt) he said it’s very dangerous and has a lot of potential for burning. What chemic causes invisible fire? if fire is defined as the chemical reaction that produces heat and light, how is it invisible?

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you might be thinking of a Methanol flame, which is less “invisible” than just “very very very very (a few more very’s) pale blue flame – **almost** colourless in daylight, and still a very dim blue in the dark.

[here’s a visual comparison](https://youtu.be/1ZEEuCHdWFA)

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