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Can fire be weighed?

felixthecat

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2 years ago

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  • Parasyte
  • -  6040 pts
  • -  (2 years ago)

I doubt it. Even if you can somehow get it on a scale, it continuously changes itself.

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Maybe something can be weighed, and then the fire is set, and quickly weighed again?

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  • metafor
  • -  44 pts
  • -  (2 years ago)

Do it! Get on a scale, then quickly light yourself on fire.

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This is Felix's mother-in-law: about nine hours ago Felix set himself ablaze and is now dead. I tried weighing him as he burned but he wouldn't hold still. Sorry.

  • Fermat
  • -  576 pts
  • -  (2 years ago)

No. Fire isn't a physical object, but you can weigh the object that is being burned (gas, wood, liquid, etc).

Weight is determined by mass and gravity. I do not think fire has any mass, thus it cannot be weighed.

 

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