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Oxygen Flame Color

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Oxygen Flame Color 


name         Nicole
status       student
grade        9-12
location     WA

Question -   What colour does oxygen burn?
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Oxygen strictly speaking does not burn. Combustion is the 
reaction of some fuel with oxygen. The color of the flame depends 
upon the fuel, not upon oxygen.

Vince Calder
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