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Does gravity have an affect on Fire?

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Yes, since less dense gases will rise and more dense gases will fall, causing the usual shape of a flame. Yet in free fall (in orbit) flames are spherical.

VioletRayne · 31-35, F

@JoyfulSilence [c=#002673]i wis thinking more along the lines of it was possible for a large amount of gravity to smother a fire [/c]

JoyfulSilence · 46-50, M

@VioletRayne

I suppose it could if it pushed away the fuel and oxygen. But the compression may heat it and concentrate it and its fuel and oxygen.

VioletRayne · 31-35, F

@JoyfulSilence [c=#4C0073]yeah I knew that I was just thinking of other scenarios,[/c]

JoyfulSilence · 46-50, M

@VioletRayne I am no expert.

VioletRayne · 31-35, F

@JoyfulSilence [c=#4C0073]me neither lol[/c]