Chapter 2 Fire Behavior Flashcards
Fire
A chemical reaction that requires Fuel, Oxygen, & Heat to occur.
A rapid chemical reaction that gives off energy & products of combustion that are very different in composition from the fuel & oxygen that combined to produce them.
Rapid self-sustaining oxidization process accompanied by the evolution of heat & light of varying intensities.
Physical Science
Study of the physical world around us and includes the sciences of chemistry & physics and the law related to matter & energy
The U.S. uses the English or Customary unit
Other use the Metric or International systems of units (SI)
Weight
The measurement of the gravitational attraction on a specific mass (customary unit LB’s)
Energy
The capacity to perform work.
Work
Transformation of energy from on form to another
(When a force is applied to an object over a distance)
(CU=”Ft lb”) (SI= “Joule”)
Joule
Unit based on a force in expressed Newtons
Types of Energy
Chemical Mechanical Electrical Heat Light Nuclear
Chemical Energy
Energy released as a result of a chemical reaction
FIRE
Mechanical Energy
Energy a object in motion possesses
Rolling Rock
Electrical Energy
Developed when electrons flow through a conductor
Heat Energy
Transferred between two bodies of differing temperatures.
(Sun & Earth)
Most common on earth
Light Energy
Visible radiation produced at the atomic level such as flame produced during the combustion reaction.
Nuclear Energy
Energy released when atoms split(Fission) or Join (Fusion).
Nuclear power plants generate power as a result of fission of uranium-235.
Fission
Atoms split
Fusion
Atoms join together
Energy exists in two states
Kinetic-energy possessed by a object in motion
Potential- Energy possessed by an object that can be released in future. (rock on cliff)
In fire, Fuel is potential chemical energy, as it burns its converted to kinetic energy in the form of heat and light.
Kinetic Energy
Energy possessed by a object in motion
Potential Energy
Energy possessed by an object that can be released.
“Rock on a cliff”
Power
Amount of energy delivered over a given period of time.
CU=”HP”) (SI=”WATTS”
Calorie
Amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 Gram of water 1 degree Celsius.
BTU
Amount of heat required to raise 1 Lb of water 1 degree Fahrenheit
Mechanical equivalent of heat.
Relationship between the calorie and Joule
1 Calorie= 4.187 Joules
1 BTU= 1,055 Joules
Heat can be transferred from one body to another by 3 mechanisms
Conduction
Convection
Radiation
Conduction
Point to point contact
*Heat transferred early in the development of all fires is almost entirely due to conduction
Convection
Transfer of heat energy by the movement of heated liquid of gases
- When fire grows
Radiation
Transmission of energy as a electromagnetic wave.
(Light & Radio waves, X-rays)
Travels in a straight line at the speed of light.
Energy travels @ a speed of light from the sun through space”Vacuum” & warms the earth
- Cause of most exposure fires