how is oxygen combustible but not flammable? If it feeds the fire isn’t it essentially the same thing?

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how is oxygen combustible but not flammable? If it feeds the fire isn’t it essentially the same thing?

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Things burn because there is a chemical reaction in response to energy input (heat). Most fires are carbon matter reacting with oxygen and forming carbon dioxide as well as some other gaseous compounds.

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