Which term describes the chemical process that sustains combustion in the fire tetrahedron?

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Which term describes the chemical process that sustains combustion in the fire tetrahedron?

Explanation:
The process that keeps a flame going is a self-sustaining network of chemical chain reactions among reactive radicals. Heat creates the initial radicals, and those radicals (like H, O, OH) continually react with fuel and oxygen to form more radicals while releasing energy. This ongoing radical propagation regenerates the species needed to keep the oxidation reactions going, so heat is continuously produced and the flame persists. If this chain-reaction network is interrupted—by radical scavengers or other quenching effects—the flame can no longer sustain itself even though heat, fuel, and oxygen are present.

The process that keeps a flame going is a self-sustaining network of chemical chain reactions among reactive radicals. Heat creates the initial radicals, and those radicals (like H, O, OH) continually react with fuel and oxygen to form more radicals while releasing energy. This ongoing radical propagation regenerates the species needed to keep the oxidation reactions going, so heat is continuously produced and the flame persists. If this chain-reaction network is interrupted—by radical scavengers or other quenching effects—the flame can no longer sustain itself even though heat, fuel, and oxygen are present.

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