is it possible to have combustion without oxygen?
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Never, combustion cant occur without Oxygen.
For instance, if you burn a candle and place a clear transparent glass upside down on the candle after few seconds you would observe that the candle doesn't burning.
For instance, if you burn a candle and place a clear transparent glass upside down on the candle after few seconds you would observe that the candle doesn't burning.
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It would not burn in the classical, combustion sense because as you noted, there is no oxygen present. Paper is a carbon-based material and so it requires oxygen to combust and form products like solid carbon, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, etc.. However, combustion is not the only thing that could happen here.
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