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NOTES

The chemical reaction of combustion is a complicated process, including far more than simply the initial products involved and final products produced as previously discussed.

Combustion involves many intermediate steps.

• Free radicals are created and react with each other.
• Some of these processes might be endothermic, but overall, the process will release more energy than in absorbs (exothermic).
• These processes can be stopped using extinguishing agents such as Halons. These interrupt the intermediate reactions and inhibit combustion.