If you pulled out the smoke from a fire, would it burn hotter?
In: Physics
What are you replacing the volume that was smoke with? Was the fire starving for oxygen before? Is fresh air just going to appear there or rush in from the open air around it?
Fire wants air. Smoke is from incomplete combustion, usually from consuming oxygen and still wanting more. That’s why you see fires in a wood stove with a damper underneath the fire to allow air to get into the fire quickly and easily, the air moving in can feed the fire very effectively and it will grow in intensity very quickly.
So your question is kinda silly, smoke is a byproduct of the fire but depending on what’s burning and how it’s setup and whether it’s oxygen starved all significantly change the situation.
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