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What is the term for the process when a material slowly combines chemically with oxygen?
What is the term for the process when a material slowly combines chemically with oxygen?
- Exothermic reaction
- Combustion
- Detonation
- Oxidation (correct)
Which constituents are considered as combustibles in fuels?
Which constituents are considered as combustibles in fuels?
- Oxygen and nitrogen
- Sulphur and oxygen
- Hydrogen and nitrogen
- Carbon and hydrogen (correct)
What is the primary material burned in a coal power plant to generate electricity?
What is the primary material burned in a coal power plant to generate electricity?
- Coal (correct)
- Petroleum
- Natural gas
- Biomass
What term is used for a chemical reaction that releases heat after burning?
What term is used for a chemical reaction that releases heat after burning?
What is the term for the process of combustion with almost instantaneous action?
What is the term for the process of combustion with almost instantaneous action?
What are the principal constituents of any fuel?
What are the principal constituents of any fuel?
What is the process called when anything slowly combines chemically with oxygen?
What is the process called when anything slowly combines chemically with oxygen?
What is the familiar application of fuels mentioned in the text?
What is the familiar application of fuels mentioned in the text?
What are materials called that evolve heat after burning?
What are materials called that evolve heat after burning?
What is the process called when the chemical reaction with oxygen is swift and exothermic?
What is the process called when the chemical reaction with oxygen is swift and exothermic?
What is the term for the process of combustion with almost instantaneous action?
What is the term for the process of combustion with almost instantaneous action?
What are the principal constituents of any fuel?
What are the principal constituents of any fuel?
What is the primary material burned in a coal power plant to generate electricity?
What is the primary material burned in a coal power plant to generate electricity?
What is the term for the process when a material slowly combines chemically with oxygen?
What is the term for the process when a material slowly combines chemically with oxygen?
What are materials called that evolve heat after burning?
What are materials called that evolve heat after burning?
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Combustion and Fuels
- The process of a material slowly combining chemically with oxygen is called oxidation.
- Combustibles in fuels are the constituents that can burn or support combustion.
- The primary material burned in a coal power plant to generate electricity is coal.
- A chemical reaction that releases heat after burning is called an exothermic reaction.
- Combustion with almost instantaneous action is called rapid combustion.
- The principal constituents of any fuel are combustibles.
- The process of a material slowly combining chemically with oxygen is called oxidation.
- The familiar application of fuels mentioned in the text is generating electricity in a coal power plant.
- Materials that evolve heat after burning are called fuels.
- The process of a chemical reaction with oxygen that is swift and exothermic is called rapid combustion.
- The principal constituents of any fuel are combustibles.
- The primary material burned in a coal power plant to generate electricity is coal.
- The process of a material slowly combining chemically with oxygen is called oxidation.
- Materials that evolve heat after burning are called fuels.
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