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why do dried orange peels burn so erratically?

im ean they pop and spark and flash but burn like insense... smoulder i guess. it's called science dudes... ummm discovery by process of expirimentation...

Public Comments

1. Alcohol
2. Because moisture prevents burning. When they're dry, there's no moisture to prevent them from burning.
3. Oranges contain a natural acid.
4. The simple reason is that the peels are not uniformly dry, nor are they uniformly thick, nor do they contain precisely the same amounts of citric oils. But then, no one ever suggested they were one of the world's great fuels!
5. oil in the skins burns at differant rates because the surface is rough
6. Probably because they weren't completely dry. Why would you be burning orange peels?
7. bwcause oaranges hold natural citric acid that when not moist easily contributes to anchemical reaction
8. Good Lord, is this what young people are doing these days? Smoking orange peels. Go outside, enjoy life. Stop wasting away your precious life.
9. The natural citric acid is called zest to cooks and bartenders and I have seen a bartender even light the zest from an orange on fire before dropping it into a drink.
10. Probably due to the orange oil. Plus the skin is combustable.