combustion
high-temperature exothermic redox chemical reaction between a fuel (the reductant) and an oxidant, usually atmospheric oxygen, that produces oxidized, often gaseous products, in a mixture termed as smoke
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combustion
Summary
combustion ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,658 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- combustion is a type of redox[2].
- combustion is a type of exothermic reaction[3].
- combustion's Commons category is recorded as Combustion[4].
- combustion's said to be the same as is recorded as burning[5].
- combustion's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Combustion[6].
- combustion's facet of is recorded as thermal energy[7].
- combustion's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
- combustion's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[9].
- combustion's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
- combustion's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11].
- combustion's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[12].
- combustion's has immediate cause is recorded as ignition[13].
- combustion's has effect is recorded as fire[14].
- combustion's has effect is recorded as smoke[15].
- combustion's uses is recorded as fuel[16].
- combustion's uses is recorded as oxidizing agent[17].
- combustion's exact match is recorded as https://valpal.info/parameters/burn[18].
- combustion's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19].
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Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include redox[2] and exothermic reaction[3].
Influence
Things named for combustion include heartburn[20], a symptom or sign[21] and melanophlogite[22], a mineral species[23].
Why It Matters
combustion ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,658 views/month).[1] combustion has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] combustion is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]
Entities named for combustion include heartburn[20], a symptom or sign[21] and melanophlogite[22], a mineral species[23].