Chemistry GCSE
Combustion
What Combustion means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Combustion
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Reference: AQA
Burning a fuel in oxygen, releasing energy as bonds form in the products.
Topics that use Combustion
Related terms
- Bond breaking and bond making
- Conservation of energy
- Energy transfer
- Energy transfer in reactions
- Evaluating applications
- Exothermic and endothermic processes
- Exothermic and endothermic reactions
- Exothermic reaction
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