A combustion reaction requires oxygen, fuel, and an activation energy source like heat to occur. The fire triangle illustrates the three necessary components - oxygen, heat, and fuel. Combustion engines use the combustion reaction between oxygen in air and a fossil fuel to produce energy through the expansion of hot gases. Nitrous oxide can help engines perform better by providing more oxygen during combustion, allowing for more fuel and greater power output.

1. Combustion Reaction By: Ruba Ghawi

2. What is a Combustion Reaction? It is a reaction between an oxidant and a fuel source

3. What is the Fire Triangle? It is a triangle that tells you what you need to make or form a fire.

4. What is Activation Energy? Activation energy is the energy needed to create a chemical reaction.

5. Different Types of Chemical Reactions Combustion Synthesis Double displacement Single displacement Decomposition Acid-base

6. Why is Heat/Energy a necessary part of the fire triangle? It is necessary because you need some kind of energy in this case it would be the heat, oxygen, and fuel.

7. What is Combustion Engine? The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the combustion of a fuel , usually fossil fuel, occurs with an oxidizer. (The oxidizer is usually air) in a combustion chamber.

8. How Combustion engines work There are two kinds of engines internal and external combustion engines. A Combustion engine is any kind of engine that operates by burning its fuel within the engine. After that the gasoline spreads or expands creating energy.

9. A Document Michael Waltrip did something illegal he was charged for using a certain fuel to increase the combustion performance of NASCAR. The fuel was an additive fuel.

10. How does nitrous oxide help engines perform better? Well, by having more oxygen available during combustion, and with more oxygen more fuel can be injected. Then the engine will produce more power.

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