What is a Flame

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Hum excuse me, pardon me?
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No no no, not up there
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I'm down here
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Yup!
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Hello?
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I'm a scientist and I've come to improve
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Your situation just a bit
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See that fire over there?
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Have you ever really wondered what the flames are
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from that fire?
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I mean, look at all those colours, and you feel that heat
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it's hot
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Right? Oh gee it, must be torture being around all these flames and not knowing
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what they are!
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Here, take a loot at this cupcake
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You see the flame on top of this delicious-looking cupcake?
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You do like cupcakes, don't you?
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Let's take a closer look, shall we?
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Fantastic!
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If we look at the flame on top of this cupcake, we first notice a few things
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Like, all the colours, at the bottom, we have this bluish colour
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At the top it's more orange yellow and red-ish
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Also the flame is hot
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Why is it so flaming hot?
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Well to answer these questions you need to know something very important

Title:: What is a Flame
Description:: Although this Flame Challenge entry was first submitted on Vimeo, this goes out to all the YouTube viewers out there. Thanks to Alan Alda and The Center for Communicating Science for creating such an educational and creative venue!

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Video Language:: English
Team:: Volunteer
Duration:: 07:31

Charlotte Hermet added a translation

French subtitles

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