The stuff that makes smoke black is super-fine carbon particles. Any fine powder that contains carbon is flammable & any ignition source can set it off all at once. Occasionally you hear about explosions in flour mills when a stray spark ignites the flour dust in the air. They used to be much more common. Thank Ceiling Cat for modern safety regulations & dust control equipment!
I didn’t realize smoke was flammable. I thought the particles were mostly those where combustion was complete — in other words, tiny ash particles. That it is flammable helps explain flashover in intense fires.
Templo S.U.D. about 6 years ago
Care to elaborate the duckling bit?
James Wolfenstein about 6 years ago
All flammables are some kind of smoke. You don’t get a flame from solids or liquids. And all smokes are flammable at the right temperature.
J Short about 6 years ago
The artificial heart has an opening in the back where he puts his hand. It only works for one person at a time.
J Short about 6 years ago
Good to know, that’s a cat, this is a duck.
Dkram about 6 years ago
When you blow out a candle you can reignite it by passing a lit match through the smoke curling off the wick.
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J Short about 6 years ago
I’ve tried dating women that were smokin hot, but I went down in flames.
KFischer1 about 6 years ago
Ducks also grow to maturity in a matter of months and are born able to feed them selfs. So it’s not a very good comparison.
Huckleberry Hiroshima about 6 years ago
For us humans, the more “ducklings” the more bills. Yuck yuck… lol, etc…
Frank_Lecanto about 6 years ago
Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney…
joefearsnothing about 6 years ago
Ducklings learn to walk and swim before human babies also!
bookworm0812 about 6 years ago
Okay……how do you set smoke on fire when it comes from fire?
anomalous4 about 6 years ago
The stuff that makes smoke black is super-fine carbon particles. Any fine powder that contains carbon is flammable & any ignition source can set it off all at once. Occasionally you hear about explosions in flour mills when a stray spark ignites the flour dust in the air. They used to be much more common. Thank Ceiling Cat for modern safety regulations & dust control equipment!
Dean about 6 years ago
Parents had a gas incinerator installed, it had two burners: One to light the papers, the second to burn the smoke before it went up the chimney.
Jogger2 about 6 years ago
I didn’t realize smoke was flammable. I thought the particles were mostly those where combustion was complete — in other words, tiny ash particles. That it is flammable helps explain flashover in intense fires.
Gent about 6 years ago
Smoke is flammable? When it is inside the Sun?
paranormal about 6 years ago
If smoke is flammable, why can’t i get my smoldering camp fire to relight?
chain gang charlie about 6 years ago
It’s time to say “Good Night , Gracie..” Say Good night Gracie….“Good Night Gracie”…..Later…..