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Comments on Which method of lifeforms shooting fire would be better in real life, gaseous chemicals or liquid chemicals

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Which method of lifeforms shooting fire would be better in real life, gaseous chemicals or liquid chemicals Question

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So I've been noticing that when it comes to most of my character and monster designs involving shooting fire most of them do this primarily through chemical reactions using gasses such as methane like elements with few of them using liquid materials such as natural oils that react similarly to napalm. It got me thinking about the two and I started to wonder when it comes to using chemical reactions using gaseous chemicals vs liquid chemicals to shoot fire naturally which process would be more likely or at least feasible and best suited for a lifeform to use, and to that extent which would be more effective in terms of heat intensity, maximum capacity in whatever organ(s) may contain the chemicals, range, duration of use of fire when ignited, and time before they can reuse their fire.

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Human-made chemicals? (4 comments)
Human-made chemicals?
Lundin‭ wrote 6 days ago

All of the mentioned substances are human-made chemicals. How does that work with "shoot fire naturally"? Are the monsters allowed to stop at some manner of gas station to fuel up?

Melchizadek ‭ wrote 5 days ago

I was using examples, there are gasses and liquids that are both flammable and naturally occurring

Olin Lathrop‭ wrote 4 days ago

Neither kerosene nor napalm are naturally occurring. They are the result of a refinement process and other specific chemical processes.

Melchizadek ‭ wrote 3 days ago

Olin Lathrop‭ Lathrop hm I didn't know, well either way those were just the only examples but I refined the question to specify gasses more like methane or natural oils, and yes they made all react like throwers in real life these are fictional entities using fictional materials that use principles more akin to physics