Greatest Misconception 22: Fire, Flame, and Plasma

Know what fire is? Duh, everyone knows what fire is.... Right? Surprisingly, most people don't know exactly what is going when they see a fire. Is that hot yellow thing a plasma? Is it a different state of matter? What the hell is it! Watch this video and find out! :D

Note: Blackbody radiation is basically when a substance is heated up, it begins to emit light. Stuff that is normally invisible like hydrogen becomes visible when heated up because of blackbody radiation. So even though our sun is almost entirely made of hydrogen, you can see it glowing brightly because of blackbody radiation.

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Education

Tags:

• common
• misconception
• misconceptions
• fire
• flame
• plasma
• railgun
• heat
• energy
• sun
• fusion
• hydrogen
• redox
• reduction
• oxidation
• oxidizer
• reducer
• chemical
• reaction
• chemistry
• physics
• blackbody
• radiation
• black
• body

[CheaterGuy1998]

Why u no my science teacher?

[PointlessComedy]

Well no hate from this side, you are really smart. whats your education level?

[walter0bz]

thanks for clearing up the difference between railguns and plasma rifles

[halfdude]

It's good to hear you narrating again Hood. We missed ya, hope your doing ok. :)

[DannyJProductions]

haha, we're currently learning some of this in preparation for an exam, and you explained it better than my teacher :P

thanks

[daddy7860]

I knew that :3 All except the cold plasma. AWESOME

[Steadno]

-><-

[MacZambrottVEVO]

nice