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===Note to Teachers===
Students often don't recognise the difference between heating and burning. When asked what happens to a substance when it is heated they will say 'burn' when melting would be a more appropriate response. Students also do not always recognise the necessity of oxygen (or at least air) when things burn.
==Key Stage 3==
===Meaning===
[[Combustion]] is an [[exothermic]] [[Chemical Reaction|reaction]] and a type of [[Oxidation]] [[Chemical Reaction|reaction]] that happens when a [[fuel]] burns in the presence of [[oxygen]] releasing [[Thermal Energy|thermal energy]] and [[light]].
===About Combustion===
: [[Combustion]] always happens at high [[temperature]]s and gives off [[light]].
: [[Combustion]] may involve [[Hydrocarbon]]s. This has the general [[Word Equation|equation]]: Fuel + Oxygen → Carbon Dioxide + Water
: [[Combustion]] may involve [[Metal]]s. This has the general [[Word Equation|equation]]: Metal + Oxygen → Metal Oxide
===Examples===
'''Fuel + Oxygen → Carbon Dioxide + Water'''
: Methane + Oxygen → Carbon Dioxide + Water
: Ethane + Oxygen → Carbon Dioxide + Water
: Propane + Oxygen → Carbon Dioxide + Water
'''Metal + Oxygen → Metal Oxide'''
: Magnesium + Oxygen → Magnesium Oxide
: Aluminium + Oxygen → Aluminium Oxide
: Iron + Oxygen → Iron Oxide
{| class="wikitable"
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|[[File:BunsenBurner.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:MagnesiumRibbon.png|center|300px]]
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| style="height:20px; width:300px; text-align:center;" |Methane + Oxygen → Carbon Dioxide + Water
| style="height:20px; width:300px; text-align:center;" |Magnesium + Oxygen → Magnesium Oxide
|-
|}
===References===
====AQA====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0008158754/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0008158754&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=27ad53b0283feeff7fc5ae04a9e205f173 ''Combustion, page 344, GCSE Biology; Student Book, Collins, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359381/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359381&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=47c8d1ae58d8b3a5e2094cd447154558 ''Combustion, pages 152-153, 158, 162-163, 202-203, GCSE Chemistry; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359373/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359373&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=952a73bbb09d222ecc4b50d200679849 ''Combustion, pages 280-281, 290-291, GCSE Biology; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1471851362/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1471851362&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=7d78d70a2044ee9982dae010c94af92a ''Combustion, pages 96, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy 2, Hodder, AQA '']
====Edexcel====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782948147/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782948147&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=f63dcd8345f4e49c717b39a228a36c7c ''Combustion, page 147, GCSE Chemistry, CGP, Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945741/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945741&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=30da4f2178da182547b62a7329d13b57 ''Combustion, pages 138, 139, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1292120215/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1292120215&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=8f96ddb76196848bafdb124354e4cf77 ''Combustion, pages 156-157, 174, GCSE Chemistry, Pearson, Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1292120193/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1292120193&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=572df39392fb4200db8391d98ae6314e ''Combustion, pages 270-271, GCSE Combined Science, Pearson Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945725/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945725&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=694be7494de75af3349537d34e13f7f0 ''Combustion, pages 88, 89, 98, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945725/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945725&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=694be7494de75af3349537d34e13f7f0 ''Combustion; of alcohols, page 104, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782948147/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782948147&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=f63dcd8345f4e49c717b39a228a36c7c ''Combustion; of alcohols, pages 303, 304, GCSE Chemistry, CGP, Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782948147/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782948147&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=f63dcd8345f4e49c717b39a228a36c7c ''Combustion; of hydrocarbons, pages 257, 259, 260, 286, 287, GCSE Chemistry, CGP, Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945725/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945725&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=694be7494de75af3349537d34e13f7f0 ''Combustion; of hydrocarbons, pages 88, 98, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945725/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945725&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=694be7494de75af3349537d34e13f7f0 ''Combustion; of polymers, page 101, GCSE Chemistry; The Revision Guide, CGP, Edexcel '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782948147/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782948147&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=f63dcd8345f4e49c717b39a228a36c7c ''Combustion; of polymers, page 294, GCSE Chemistry, CGP, Edexcel '']