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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 l...
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Monica Cellio
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2025-01-27T19:25:12Z (3 days ago)
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Melchizadek
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2025-01-27T04:58:45Z (3 days ago)
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 acetylene with few of them using liquid chemicals such as kerosene or 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.
- 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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Melchizadek
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2025-01-20T04:34:04Z (10 days ago)
Which method of lifeforms shooting fire would be better in real life, gaseous chemicals or liquid chemicals
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 acetylene with few of them using liquid chemicals such as kerosene or 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.