Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. How can metals like magnesium and sodium burn underwater? Ask Question. Asked 7 years, 4 months ago. Active 2 months ago. Viewed 10k times. Improve this question. I am not your teacher, but if you wrote an essay actually pointing out the vagueness of the term "burn", or that are several possible mechanism of oxidation, I would call it a very good job. Sign up for notifications from Insider! Stay up to date with what you want to know.
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You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano. You can light a strip of magnesium, and the combustion actually produces oxygen, which is then used to sustain the combustion. Fire needs heat high enough temperature , oxygen and fuel. If you take one of the three away the fire will stop. Adding water, the most used technique to extinguish a fire, works this way.
Luckily, Class A fires are the easiest type to extinguish. Wind has a strong effect on fire behavior due to the fanning effect on the fire. Wind increases the supply of oxygen, which results in the fire burning more rapidly.
It also removes the surface fuel moisture, which increases the drying of the fuel.
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