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Helium is far lighter than air and is inert, which means it won't combust when you combine it with air and energy, like Hydrogen does (below).
氦氣比空氣輕得多并且是惰性氣體，這意味著，當(dāng)它與空氣和明火接觸不會(huì)燃燒，而氫氣卻會(huì)（請(qǐng)看下圖）。
Such tiny particles combust more rapidly than larger particles to give an additional kick, and may allow easier control over a rocket's thrust.
這樣的微小顆粒比大顆粒燃燒的更迅速，從而能提供額外的推進(jìn)力，并可以更加容易控制火箭的推進(jìn)。
Without cooling water, the irradiated nuclear fuel could spontaneously combust in an exothermic reaction.
沒(méi)有冷水，輻照性核燃料就會(huì)在放熱反應(yīng)發(fā)生的同時(shí)燃燒。

The only way to control carbon dioxide emissions is to make a car combust less fuel.
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In June 2006, one of the company's notebook computers appeared to spontaneously combust at a conference in Osaka, Japan.
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The Wankel engine in the Mazda RX-8 houses a rapidly spinning cam that is shaped to compress and combust fuel and air against the inside of an oval chamber.
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(of a star or planet) invisible for a period between 24 and 30 days each year due to its proximity to the sun 2430
to burn