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Does oxygen create thermal energy.

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When heat is added to fuel and oxygen, the atoms in the fuel are energized and start to break apart from one another. Once released, these atoms form new bonds with the oxygen. Energy is required to break the chemical bonds in the fuel (an endothermic process).

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