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[angewah]

Describe combustion in terms of slow, spontaneous and explosive reactions and explain the conditions under which these occur.
- taken from the chem syllabus under the energy topic


so i was wondering, what exactly is a spontaneous reaction ?


thanks.

 

[blackglitter]

Describe combustion in terms of slow, spontaneous and explosive reactions and explain the conditions under which these occur.
- taken from the chem syllabus under the energy topic


so i was wondering, what exactly is a spontaneous reaction ?


thanks.

Basically, a spontaneous reaction is one which continues unaided (after the initial ignition temperature has been reached) until all the fuel (energy) has been used up. Hope that helped

 

[angewah]

thanks so much, would you by any chance know an example of it ?

 

[shaon0]

thanks so much, would you by any chance know an example of it ?

fuel tank exploding