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Old 05-25-2006, 11:40 PM   #81
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Yeah, it is. That's why lighters, matches, everything that uses a flame works. When you blow out a flame, you're displacing the oxygen in the immediate area with carbon dioxide, which isn't flammable.

Bottles of pure oxygen explode if exposed to a flame.

Wikipedia discusses flame and its reliance on oxygen in depth.

[Edited for accuracy]

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