How much does fire weigh?
What is the mass of fire per unit of volume?
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I think it’s hot gas and ash, and the mass depends on the specific contents.
It’s basically a chemical process, so it’s like asking how much evaporation or rust weighs.
Depending on how you define the “fire” I guess the answer would be either 0, or it really depends on what you start with. Burning wood has a different set of products (and flame) than burning magnesium.
Have you seen fire in space? Interesting stuff.
At the end of the reaction roughly 62 grams per mole
Like @funkdaddy said, fire is a process, not an object having mass. You could also ask how much electricity, wind, current, or explosion weighs.
The difference between the weight of the object before and after it burns?
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