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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Burning is a chemical reaction called oxidation. The fuel reacts with the oxygen and this releases energy.

Pure oxygen can’t react with itself (under normal circumstances), which means pure oxygen can’t burn. It has to be in the presence of a fuel

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