Chemical potential difference —drives→ Combustion

Conditions

• fuel, oxidiser and an ignition source; flame temperature 1500–2500 K

Evidence · 1

1. [1]
   A. Bejan. Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics (4th ed.) (2016)

   Wiley · doi:10.1002/9781119245964 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record

Matrix cells this relation feeds

D = disequilibrium row · C = coupling family column. A cell reads the state of the atlas for that pair.

Uses of this claim

• Combustion heater (boiler, furnace)commercial · 2 steps
• Combustion-driven micro-thermophotovoltaic generatordemonstrated · 7 steps
• Combustion gas-turbine plantcommercial · 7 steps
• Combustion MHD generatorprototype · 7 steps

• Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Hot gas → Thermal emission → Light4/4 established · extends a recorded pathway
• Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Thermal emission → Light4/4 established · extends a recorded pathway
• Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Hot gas → Magnetohydrodynamic generation → Charge carriers → Electrical work4/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
• Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Hot gas → Working-fluid expansion (heat-engine cycle) → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work5/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
• Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Alkali-metal thermal-to-electric conversion → Ionic current → Electrical work3/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
• Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Ionic thermoelectric effect → Ionic current → Electrical work5/5 established · candidate
• Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Marangoni effect → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work5/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
• Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Thermal shape-memory effect → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work5/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
• Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Thermochemical redox cycle → Chemical fuel (H₂, CO, syngas) → Chemical fuel5/5 established · same energy form
• Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Thermopolarization effect → Separated surface charge → Electrical work3/5 established · weakly supported
• Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Thermopolarization effect → Separated surface charge → Electrical work3/5 established · weakly supported
• Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Seebeck effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
• Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Heat conduction → Heat flow → Useful heat5/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
• Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Thermionic emission → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
• Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Thermogalvanic effect → Ionic current → Electrical work5/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
• Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Thermally regenerative electrochemical cycle → Ionic current → Electrical work3/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
• Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Nernst effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
• Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Anomalous Nernst effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
• Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Working-fluid expansion (heat-engine cycle) → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work5/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
• Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Ocean thermal energy conversion → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work3/5 established · candidate
• Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Advective heat transport → Heat flow → Useful heat5/5 established · extends a recorded pathway
• Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Thermo-osmosis → Streaming potential → Ionic current → Electrical work5/6 established · extends a recorded pathway
• Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Thermomagnetic convection → Electromagnetic induction → Charge carriers → Electrical work5/6 established · extends a recorded pathway
• Chemical potential difference → Combustion → Temperature gradient → Soret effect → Concentration gradient → Chemiosmosis → Chemical fuel6/6 established · same energy form

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Physical Transformation Atlas (2026). claim claim:combustion-drives: Chemical potential difference —drives→ Combustion. Dataset revision rbfbfcbb70e57 (hash of the canonical data). https://physical-transformation-atlas.wldud5192.workers.dev/claim/combustion-drives

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