ʻO ka haʻawina a Wonka Donka e pili ana i nā kinoea lapalapa

	ʻO ke kinoea kekahi o nā mokuʻāina ʻehā o nā mea ʻē aʻe ma waho o ka wai, paʻa, a me ka plasma. Hiki ke hoʻopuehu maʻalahi nā mea kinoea.
	ʻO ke ahi ka hana o ka puhi ʻana; mai ka manaʻo kemika, ʻo ia ka hopena o kahi mea (fuel) me ka oxygen me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka wela a me ka māmā.
	ʻO ke kinoea hoʻopau ʻia kekahi o kēia mau mea e ʻā ana ke hui pū ʻia me ka oxygen a puhi ʻia.
	ʻO nā kinoea hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia he methane, propane, butane, ethanol, ammonia a me ka hydrogen.

	Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi umu ahi ma ka home, hoʻohana ʻo ia i ke kinoea hoʻopau ʻia ma ke ʻano he kumu wahie, e like me nā lapalapa ahi ʻē aʻe.
	Hiki ke kapa 'ia he kinoea hiki ke puhi ma lalo o nā kūlana like 'ole. ʻO ke kinoea hoʻopau ʻia he kinoea puhi e ʻā ana ma lalo o nā kūlana maʻamau. Eia nō naʻe, hoʻohana ʻia nā huaʻōlelo combustible a flammable i kekahi manawa. Hoʻopili pinepine ʻia kēia mau kūlana i ka ʻike kinoea a me nā palena flammability o luna a me lalo.
LEL a me ka UEL (ka palena pahū haʻahaʻa a me ka palena pahū luna)
	ʻIke ʻia hoʻi ʻo nā palena hiki ke hoʻā ʻia i lalo a me luna (LFL a me UFL), ʻo ia ka pākēneka o ke kinoea i loko o ka ea (concentration) ma waena o nā kinoea e ʻā ai ke ʻike ʻia i kahi mea puhi ahi.