How do things “burn”?
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While many things can burn and they vary in exactly how that reaction plays out, it’s usually a reaction where oxygen in the air rips its way into the molecules and replaces whatever the atoms were attached to with itself.
Long chains of carbons are broken up and each carbon pairs with two oxygen atoms, for instance.
This process releases a lot of heat, and often a fair amount of gas too.
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