Spark, no oxygen?

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Im going to say the same thing everyone else has said and yes. It's because the oxygen is a fuel in its self for a spark. It is it's molecular structure which favours the spark. I could be wrong though, i'm not much of a Chemist. I'm an A Level Physician and Mathematician.
 
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A-Level chemistry says you need no oxygen.

Spark can be a glowing hot particle like metal flying off a angle grinder.

Or an electrostatic discharge like a sparkplug which needs a gas to travel across.


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NicktheNorse said:
theres one thing ive always wondered but never been able to rationaly answer:

can you fire a revolver in space? (or a vacuum, whatever)

If enough oxygen was sealed in the cartridge for combustion to fully occur then yeah. :)
 
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