> In fact EVERYTHING only burns when a vapor. Or vapour. Or gas. :-)
No, it just has to be mixed with an oxidizing agent. Gunpowder for instance
burns very well when not a gas. So does almost any flammable dust (flour
and coal being two common examples). Pure carbon does not vaporize first
even when you burn a solid piece of it in air.
Gasoline vapors are only flammable in a fairly narrow range of gas/air
mixture (which is why we have carburetors <g>). Pure gasoline vapor will
not burn, except along a surface exposed to air.
Randall
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